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“The far-left extremist scene is internationally connected and coordinated.”

The Marxist-Muslim riots in France have spread to Italy and Spain. Now they’re reportedly trying to bring them to Germany.

As politicians in Germany look ahead to the coming weekend, many fear that cities across the country could witness the kind of violent unrest that recently shook France. An initiative known as “Gen Z regelt” (“Gen Z sorts it”) has launched a social media campaign calling for demonstrations in 23 cities nationwide.

“Gen Z” broadly refers to the generation born between 1995 and 2010. Many feel that their parents’ generation has done too little to combat climate change and has allowed the gap between rich and poor to widen ever further. At the same time, they are concerned about their educational prospects and future opportunities.

No better way to deal with educational prospects and global warming than some rioting and arson.

Alexander Throm, the CDU parliamentary group’s domestic spokesperson, told the daily Handelsblatt newspaper: “Scenes like those in France must be prevented at all costs.”

In Throm’s view, far-left groups and criminals from immigrant communities could “hijack” the demonstrations. “An ominous alliance is emerging, particularly in Berlin,” he warned.

Marc Henrichmann, also of the CDU, chair of the Bundestag’s parliamentary oversight panel for the intelligence services, also expressed concern: “The far-left extremist scene is internationally connected and coordinated.” He said that violent far-left activists now even cross national borders to engage in looting and acts of violence elsewhere.

Which is something we don’t talk about nearly enough. There were radicals traveling around the country to set off BLM riots. And they’re also traveling across Europe.

But the next step would be breaking up that ‘scene’ and arresting key players and funders in it. And that’s what no one is doing.

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Iranian rebels have accused Andy Burnham of “appeasing” the Islamic Republic’s tyrannical rulers.

The country is bracing itself for more strikes from United States and Israeli forces following months of an uncertain ceasefire. Beleaguered leaders in Tehran believe they may face fresh attacks once the US mid-terms and Israeli elections are fully concluded.

Opposition forces are poised to take advantage of any instability and rise up across battle-scarred Iran as the economic and social situation quickly deteriorates. And when they attempt to wrestle control from the hands of their evil leaders, they want to know Britain will be on their side.

A rebel source in southern Iran told GB News the Prime Minister is key to their future. But he has been told he must first fully face down Iran – despite fears of lethal reprisals on British soil.

The source said: “From Europe, and especially the British Prime Minister, I expect them to stop appeasing the Islamic Republic and instead show real, practical support for the people of Iran.

“I hope the British prime minister will act decisively toward this regime and not appease a government that lacks the support and consent of the people. I believe this regime will not last, and the people of Iran will remember which countries and leaders stood with them in these hard days and which turned a blind eye to their suffering.

“I expect Britain to stand with the people of Iran and their demands for freedom, security, and self-determination.”

Anxiety about imminent attack overshadows everyday life in Iran, which first faced bombardment in late February at the start of Operation Epic Fury.

In recent days reports in the Middle East have claimed the US has told several Gulf Arab states they must prepare for a short but intense military campaign in the region following next week’s midterm elections.

Diplomatic and military circles are buzzing with indications that the US and Israel are ready to attack again.

As they await what happens next, regime opponents in Iran say conditions are getting worse, with the people of the country sinking into despair.

The source told the People’s Channel: “Life these days passes with worry, pressure, and uncertainty. I’m afraid that in the next few days a severe war may break out, and that, given the blockade, people will face severe shortages of food, medicine, and hygiene supplies. I expect the international community to think of the people of Iran and not allow an even bigger humanitarian crisis to form. People have suffered enough and have the right to live in safety and peace.”

I hope the future moves toward an end to the war, improved living conditions, and fundamental change, a future in which people can play a real role in determining their country’s destiny.

If the regime is finally removed, dissidents leading the opposition say they want the people of Iran to have their voice at last.

The source, whose identity we are protecting for their safety, said: “I don’t want all this suffering and damage to end up with no result for the people. I hope the people of Iran can play a real role in determining their country’s destiny, be involved in the country’s major decisions, and have the right to decide about their own future and that of coming generations. People should not be mere spectators to decisions that directly affect their lives, livelihoods, freedom, and future. After everything that has happened, I don’t want the same conditions and the same problems to repeat.”

Government sources insist they are getting tough on Iran.

Earlier this month, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband summoned their ambassador, telling him “Britain will not tolerate threats on our soil” following last month’s incident at RAF Fairford, which is alleged to be linked to Iran.

Mr Miliband warned Iran against undermining the UK’s security “through its criminal networks, proxy groups and state-backed malign activity”, branding it “unacceptable”.

Iran’s ambassador to the UK, Seyed Ali Mousavi, denied Tehran was involved.

Two British nationals appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in connection with the alleged Fairford plot on Tuesday.

Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, from Westminster, London, is charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service.

Nouman Essghir, also 24 and from Westminster, has been charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK on August 22, just weeks before being arrested near the airbase in Gloucestershire alongside four other men.

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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage tore into John Healey’s “timid” Budget as he warned Britain’s perilous finances are “on a knife-edge”.

The Chancellor blamed a “global economic storm” as growth forecasts were slashed with taxes and borrowing hitting all-time highs.

Healey – who failed to cut a single penny from Britain’s bloated £200 billion welfare spending – pledged to lift tariffs on groceries in a move which will save households just six pence per day. 

He told MPs: “Those are the storms we face. We can’t wish them away.”

Healey hiked taxes on banks and gambling firms, blaming the war in the Middle East for higher inflation and debt repayment costs.

The Chancellor announced an ‘energy bills support package’ – at a cost of £2.6 billion – which will see households in council tax bands A to D receiving £100 from the Government this winter.

But Farage warned families across the country would be worse off every year under Labour.

The Reform leader said: “We are in a deep financial hole. Britain is broke.

“Only a radical plan can begin to do anything about it. That’s why we’ve set out spending cuts of £40bn in the first financial year of a Reform government, rising to £80bn over five years.

“Not everyone’s going to like it. It’s going to be tough. There’ll be protests. There’ll be upset. But Government spending has to be cut.

“By taking strong action, we can cut energy bills. Not just by £100 in the short-term, for certain council tax bands. But by £250, on average, permanently, in the first 100 days of being in power.”

He added: “We will scrap income tax on overtime for anyone in full-time work earning less than £75,000-a-year.

“And by cutting spending, we can raise tax thresholds to £15,000, with the aim of raising them even higher – to £20,000 if we can – to make the gap between welfare and work much more significant.

“The British economy is broken. Only Reform have the guts to do the one thing that is needed and cut welfare spending.”

In a shock move, Healey also gave HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sweeping powers “to collect overdue tax from those who can clearly afford to pay but ignore repeated contact”, meaning the taxman will be able to raid people’s bank accounts directly.

Mr Farage responded: “HMRC can now seize money from your bank account without even having a meeting. As someone who’s been de-banked, this sets a dark precedent. Reform will fight this at every turn.”

Other measures announced by the Chancellor included extending the freeze on fuel duty until July next year, hiking machine games duty from 20% to 25% for higher-stakes gambling machines and raising the national minimum wage and national living wage by 3.9%.

He also increased income tax on beleaguered British landlords yet again, by another 2%, halved Business Asset Disposal Relief – in a huge blow to entrepreneurs  – and pledged an extra £10 billion support to Ukraine.

It came as the Office for Budget Responsibility slashed its growth forecast from 1.6% to just 1.0% next year. The forecast is then unchanged at 1.6% in 2028 before rising to 1.8% in 2029, then 1.7% in 2030 against forecasts of 1.5% in each of those years, then 1.6% in 2031.

Reform’s Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick said: “This was a ‘do nothing’ Budget. It was a nothing burger. It was a Budget that could, and should, have responded to a crisis in our country.

“Britain is broke. And British people feel broke. And this was the best that the Chancellor could deliver?

“Living standards will be down. Growth will be down. Borrowing will be up. And prices are set to rise even higher in the months and the years to come.

“Next year is looking like a truly terrible year for this country. Household spending will be down, business investment will be negative, unemployment will be up and growth will be stagnant – the economy going nowhere.

“This isn’t even the managed decline we’ve seen in recent years. The country is going backwards.”

He added: “Real wages will not rise by a single penny in 2027 or 2028. Borrowing will be higher than planned, every single year Debt will be no lower by 2032 than it is today.

“The Government will spend £109 billion this year on debt interest alone and that is set to rise to £160 billion by 2031.

“Taxes will rise by £36 billion-a-year – the most in history.

“Where are the cuts coming from!? Supposedly, in 2029 or 2029, we’ll see some cuts to welfare and public services. Don’t make me laugh.

“This Prime Minister, this Chancellor, have not been able to offer a single saving in their 100 days in office.”

The OBR said the UK’s “economic and fiscal position remains very challenging” after almost two decades of shocks and stagnation, pushing up the national debt.

In a statement accompanying the Budget, it said: “Since 2008, repeated adverse shocks have contributed to persistently weak GDP growth and elevated levels of Government borrowing.

“This has resulted in a sharp increase in Government debt as a share of GDP, to a level that is high by both recent historical and international standards.”

The Government is expected to borrow more every year than had been forecast in March, with the cost of that borrowing also set to increase.

Borrowing is around £18 billion higher this year, £16 billion in 2027-28, and an average of £11 billion a year over the following years, the OBR said.

The cost of debt interest is expected to be £15 billion higher this year and then £12 billion a year more on average in the years to come.

The jump in borrowing costs is linked to Mr Healey lowering his fiscal headroom against the Government’s self-imposed spending rules to £15 billion in 2029-30, from a previous prediction of £26 billion.

The OBR said high inflation will contribute to a painful squeeze on living standards and that it was expecting “no real earnings growth in 2027”, with household disposable income set to fall.

Economist Paul Johnson, former Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, said: “The real story of this Budget is the can being kicked down the road. 

“This Labour Government is apparently planning spending cuts on most areas of public service spending of 2.6% per year between 2028-29 and 2031-32. Pull the other one. It’s got bells on.” 

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According to the partial official results, Likud has 26 seats, Yashar 21, Netanyahu’s bloc 53, and the opposition bloc 48. Double-envelope ballots are being counted separately.

Vote counting in the elections for the 26th Knesset is continuing, and the distribution of seats among the political blocs still leaves neither side with a majority sufficient to form a government.

According to the latest official results update on Wednesday at 8:48 p.m., with approximately 88.6% of the votes counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc holds 53 seats, the opposition bloc has 48 seats, and the Arab parties hold a combined 19 seats.

Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, remains the largest party in the Knesset with 26 seats, having lost one seat compared to the previous update.

The Yashar Party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, receives 21 seats, also a decline of one seat, placing it second. The Joint List gains one seat, rising to 12, the same number as the Beyachad Party led by Naftali Bennett, which also receives 12 seats.

The Democrats, led by Yair Golan, receive eight seats, while Yisrael Beytenu, led by Avigdor Liberman, has seven. Ra’am, led by Mansour Abbas, also gains one seat, bringing its total to seven, the same number as United Torah Judaism, Shas, and Otzma Yehudit.

The Religious Zionism and Zehut joint list, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin, receives six seats.

According to the partial results, the bloc supporting the current coalition under Netanyahu holds 53 seats, eight short of the majority required to form a government. The opposition bloc stands at 48 seats.

The Reservists and Economic Party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, receives 2.63% of the vote, while the Amcha Yisrael Party, led by retired Brigadier General Ofer Winter, stands at 1.61%.

The Central Elections Committee is continuing to receive and verify the results from regular polling stations. At the same time, votes cast in double envelopes are being processed and counted separately, following the required verification procedures.

The additional votes could change the distribution of Knesset seats among the parties, particularly where the margins between party lists are narrow.

Voter turnout in the elections reached 77.7%, the highest since 1999. Turnout among Arab voters was approximately 80%, while participation among IDF personnel stood at 79.9%.

As the counting of votes from regular polling stations nears completion, the political establishment is entering the next stage of the struggle to form a government, with neither bloc currently holding the required majority.

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Only in the modern UK will opposing antisemitism result in a police visit to check your radicalism.

The British authorities have developed a whole new way to express their hatred of Israel. It’s so convoluted that people can only shake their heads in disgust. The situation involves a British citizen who was deemed “vulnerable” to Israeli manipulation because she was a non-Jew supporting Jews and Israel. This episode recalls state police investigating a citizen’s supposedly suspicious activities in a totalitarian country.

Holly Passmore, 44, from County Durham, supports the Jewish community and Israel, particularly after October 7, 2023, even though she wasn’t Jewish. Because of her online influence, the Israeli embassy invited her to visit Israel with other media representatives, a trip she took in June 2025.

While Passmore was in Israel, someone made an anonymous report to a British counterterrorism program called Prevent, which is tasked with identifying people who are “vulnerable” to radicalization that could lead to terrorist acts.

The language used in the anonymous tip (which Passmore eventually obtained) was both sinister and absurd. According to the anonymous referrer, Passmore was “over-identified with the conflict between Israel and Palestine” and “supportive of Israel to the point that she has travelled to Israel.”

As a result of this report, after Passmore returned from Israel, two officers from Durham Constabulary showed up unexpectedly at her home in July 2025 with an odd set of questions:

‘They said it was a safeguarding matter [and said I] may be at risk of manipulation…They asked me what my links are to Israel, whether I planned on returning to Israel.

‘They asked me why I was interested in ‘Jewish issues’ because County Durham it’s not a Jewish area. They even asked me if I’d ever been to Auschwitz, and I said, ‘yes’.’

Remarkably, the police intelligence report itself acknowledged that supporting Israel and traveling there were not counterterrorism concerns. Nevertheless, Passmore found herself answering questions about her interest in Jews and Israel.

In October 2026, when Passmore eventually obtained a copy of the police file and the story made the news, she discovered that her National Health Service medical records had classified her as a “vulnerable adult” on June 23, 2025, just eight days after her return from Israel. That designation remained until May 18, 2026. Passmore suspects a connection between the designation and the Prevent investigation, although she has been unable to establish one.

It’s important to understand that although Passmore has some health issues, including autism and ADHD, she has demonstrated her competence by pursuing a master’s degree in Holocaust studies at the University of Haifa while raising a nine-year-old son with severe autism. Once investigators completed their interview with Passmore, it should have been apparent that, if anyone’s motives deserved investigation, the anonymous accuser’s did.

The police tried to explain that their investigation was a “safeguarding” matter and that they had removed the designation. However, a closer look at the facts suggests other explanations.

Apparently, British authorities are suspicious of anyone who supports Israel and the Jews. Passmore believed that the police knew she wasn’t at risk of manipulation but suspected that she might have nefarious intentions because of her “extreme” interest in Israel. Why would a non-Jew be so vocal about her support for Israelis and Jews?

The police used her supposed vulnerability to negative influences as a justification for their investigation and perhaps even as a way to discourage her from openly demonstrating her support for Israel and the Jewish community.

When Passmore requested a copy of the investigation report, two officers visited her again, supposedly to assure her that they didn’t consider her a threat or an extremist. They also “urged” her to stop discussing her case online. I’m sure she was mollified.

My assessment of the situation is more sinister. Whether those specific police officers intended to intimidate Passmore, their actions’ effect was unmistakable. A British citizen who had committed no crime found herself being questioned by police about her support for Jews and Israel. Even after assuring her that she wasn’t an extremist, officers reportedly urged her to stop discussing her experience online.

The message to other Britons is chilling: Show too much interest in Israel, express too much sympathy for Jews, or speak too publicly about either, and you may find yourself answering questions from the police.

In a supposedly free country, that’s extraordinary. This is what happens when a program intended to protect people from radicalization is used to investigate people who oppose antisemitism.

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The far-left mayor of the multicultural Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, has argued that so-called “far-right” politicians such as those from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally should be banned from speaking in public over their supposed racist rhetoric.

In the wake of the apparent schizophrenia shooting in Trappes last week, which, prior to any thorough investigation, was instantly branded by the local Muslim mayor as being a product of Islamophobia and racism, the left has attempted to seize on the issue and to promote the censorship of their political rivals.

Appearing on broadcaster LCI, Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko said that Le Pen’s National Rally party should face “sanction” over the shooting in Trappes, which left one dead and five injured.

“I’m in favour of saying that those who make racist remarks all day long shouldn’t be given airtime,” Bagayoko said, according to La Journale du Dimanche, adding that RN politicians should be censored “from the moment they make racist remarks.”

When pressed on if his own far-left La France Insoumise (LFI/France in Rebellion) party — led by radical socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon — would mandate such censorship if given power, he said that in “Act 1” they will fight the National Rally at the box, and that “Act 2” would see “all those who participate in spreading hatred will be heavily punished, including in the media.”

The leftist Mayor also shared and agreed with a statement from the National Union of Journalists, which claimed that “verbal violence” and racism are “festering” within French broadcast media, thereby “endangering” journalists and citizens of the republic.

France’s Alleged ‘Racist Terrorism’ Gunman Moved From Jail, May be Unfit to Stand Trial Over Possible ‘Schizophrenia’https://t.co/SyQPeFhBY5

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) October 26, 2026

“By paving the way for the far right, we bear a clear responsibility. It is therefore time to ensure that democratic debate takes place with respect for the individual—without trivializing the lethal ideology of an anti-republican party, and, above all, without treating racism as just one opinion among others,” the media union claimed.

The demands for censoring anti-mass migration parties such as the National Rally came amid media reports that the Trappes shooter was inspired by racism and antipathy towards Muslims, as initial media reports and left-wing politicians claimed.

However, Olivier Christen, of the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT); said on Tuesday that while the suspect does not contest the facts of the case, he denies the “racist nature of his crimes”.

Christen also noted that “no leaflets from a political party were found in his vehicle”. This contradicts a report on Monday from the left-liberal establishment Le Monde newspaper, which claimed that there was National Rally promotional material found in the suspect’s car. “No leaflets from a political party were found in his vehicle,” he said.

In contrast to this apparent fictitious connection, the Paris police prefect, Patrice Faure, has referred Mayor Bagayoko to court for allegedly inciting the recent wave of youth riots across the country.

The Malain-heritage Muslim mayor has been one of the most prominent supporters of the protests and has been accused of justifying the violence seen by saying that it is “a possible understandable or legitimate response to the actions of law enforcement.” He denied that he was inciting violence.

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The Swiss Government has frozen CHF 1.25 million (€1.33 million) in public funding destined for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), accusing the medical charity of breaching contractual disclosure duties following allegations of sexual exploitation in Chad.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), an arm of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), withheld one tranche of Bern’s CHF 6.25 million annual pledge to the non-governmental organisation (NGO) after Swiss media published internal communications detailing long-standing misconduct allegations.

The frozen sum forms part of the CHF 6.25 million earmarked for 2026. Switzerland paid some CHF 7 million (€7.45 million) to MSF projects in Chad and South Sudan across 2024 and 2025, including CHF 2 million (€2.13 million) for the programme now under scrutiny.

An internal MSF investigation identified 59 separate allegations of sexual misconduct, abuse and exploitation concerning humanitarian operations in eastern Chad, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived fleeing the civil war in neighbouring Sudan.

Some of those allegations were corroborated. Others could not be verified because neither the victims nor those accused could always be identified, MSF said.

Staff members were alleged to have conditioned the provision of humanitarian relief, jobs and financial assistance on sexual acts with displaced women and girls.

The cases involved contracted staff, daily workers, external contractors and suppliers. MSF employs 872 locally hired and 81 international staff in Chad, where it has operated since 1981.

MSF ultimately dismissed 18 personnel, including six affiliated with the organisation’s Swiss section, and barred them from any future work with the charity.

The administrative dispute in Bern centres on institutional transparency and compliance rather than the abuse itself, which MSF does not contest.

According to reports published by NZZ am Sonntag and drawn from internal correspondence, Swiss authorities received an initial alert regarding misconduct claims in November 2024.

A federal official wrote the following month that the FDFA had no urgent questions. By the summer of 2025 the file was treated internally as closed and, in February 2026, the SDC cited MSF as an example of transparency.

Officials in Bern argue, though, that the charity failed to proactively disclose the true breadth of the allegations and resulting dismissals.

The full extent of the scandal emerged publicly in June 2026 following investigative reporting by the Associated Press, prompting the SDC to formally demand complete documentation from the charity.

MSF had completed its internal report in July 2025. The Associated Press had already reported in November 2024 that Sudanese women in eastern Chad were being offered aid and employment in exchange for sex.

The FDFA determined that MSF violated its contractual obligations to provide timely and comprehensive notifications regarding serious institutional misconduct.

MSF representatives acknowledged procedural shortcomings, conceding that the scale of the findings had not been communicated “proactively and early enough”.

The charity said it had remained in constant contact with the SDC, admitted weaknesses in its 2024 recruitment and said it had since revised hiring, induction and training procedures, and opened confidential reporting channels.

Bern said the funds would remain frozen pending a review of the internal inquiry files.

The Swiss Confederation is currently assessing potential further sanctions, as well as an independent external review. The SDC said it had no evidence at this stage of deliberate concealment by the charity.

In response to the governance failure, Swiss authorities announced that statutory reporting requirements for all State-funded non-governmental organisations would be tightened from 2027, with stricter abuse-reporting clauses written into every partner contract.

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Shopkeepers are facing a staggering financial toll following the widespread damage and looting during the Oct. 17 demonstrations, with preliminary estimates out of the IFRAP Foundation surpassing  €1 billion.

“Initial reports from insurance companies indicate that the losses will exceed one billion euros,” reported CCI France on Tuesday. “For Paris, we’re talking hundreds of millions,” France’s network of chambers of commerce, CCI France, has stated, as cited by Le Figaro. 

Damage in Paris alone already stretches into the hundreds of millions of euros.

IFRAP’s €1.1 billion estimate includes nearly €910 million in physical property damage and €190 million in lost business revenue due to forced closures and reduced activity. The financial hit is heavily concentrated on businesses (€666 million) and public property (€200 million), the latter including the fire-ravaged Limoges City Hall.

These amounts would eclipse the summer 2023 riots, which cost insurers €793 million across 16,400 claims, with the unrest spanning 11 nights and impacting 672 municipalities. 

Rating agency Morningstar DBRS estimates the current damage could peak at €1.2 billion, provided the unrest subsides.

Comparing these estimates to the Yellow Vest movement, which caused retail revenue losses averaging €400 million per weekend between late 2018 and early 2019, IFRAP’s baseline estimate for the Oct. 17-18 riots projects €190 million in operating losses for just the single weekend. 

Still, the damage is real. During Saturday protests, “city center businesses lose up to 80% of their revenue,” said CCI France.

In response to the crisis, CCI France President Alain Di Crescenzo is urging authorities to ban all demonstrations, including those in suburban areas, until after the holiday season. “We absolutely must revive commerce,” he stressed.

In the wake of the riots, French government bonds were unloaded by investors in a dramatic sell-off. Ratings agency Moody’s was expected to downgrade France’s credit rating last week but instead maintained its long-term sovereign credit rating at Aa3 with a negative outlook. Some say, this reprieve may not last long.

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Funding from the EEA and Norway Grants has once again become available to Hungary. Three organizations—all of which have documented ties to the Open Society network associated with U.S. oligarch George Soros—have been assigned key roles in the Hungarian administration of the civil society grant program linked to this system.

The grant system provides funding to Hungary through several programs, such as those in the areas of local development, healthcare, the green transition, institutional cooperation, and Roma integration. However, the funds are not always disbursed through the same channel. While Hungarian government agencies participate in the implementation of programs announced in the Hungarian Official Gazette, the civil society grant fund within the system operates under its own, separate framework.

The EEA and Norway Grants are financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, three countries that are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) but not the European Union. The funding is linked to the EEA Agreement, which gives these countries access to the EU single market. The grants are intended to reduce social and economic disparities across Europe and strengthen bilateral relations between the donor and recipient countries. Norway provides approximately 97% of the total funding.

The money comes from public resources in the three donor countries. Their contributions are financed through national budgets, which draw on tax revenues and other sources of state income. In Norway, oil and gas revenues have also played a major role in building the country’s public wealth, much of which is managed through its sovereign wealth fund.

The scheme is not politically neutral in its stated objectives: the Norwegian government openly presents the grants as a means of promoting democracy, the rule of law and LGBTQ+ rights, while also supporting Norway’s broader engagement in Europe.

This raises a question about how donor countries use publicly funded assistance to promote their policy priorities abroad.

The Hungarian allocation of the Norwegian Civil Fund is 22.9 million euros, Magyar Nemzet reports. A significant portion of this is available as grants that civil society organizations can apply for directly. No single government agency has been given an exclusive role in the distribution of these funds in Hungary.

(1/3) 🇭🇺🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮 Hungary, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein signed an agreement on the 2021-2028 EEA and Norway Grants, securing €254.1 million (HUF 92 billion) in funding for Hungary.
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A consortium consisting of the Ökotárs Foundation, the Autonómia Foundation, and the Carpathian Foundation–Hungary was selected to administer the Civil Fund.

The three organizations’ responsibilities extend beyond the technical administration of grant applications: they also participate in selecting projects for funding, concluding grant agreements, and monitoring the implementation of programs.

All three of the organizations have documented financial or support ties to the Open Society system linked to George Soros. In the case of the Autonómia Foundation, this is not merely a matter of past collaboration with Open Society. According to the organization’s own reports, Open Society has funded several of its programs. For example, in a 2012 public benefit report, the Open Society Foundations is listed as a funder of a Roma integration program with a total budget of more than $373,000. The connection is even clearer in a later report, which states that the Autonómia Foundation received 21 million forints in funding from OSIFE—that is, the Open Society Foundation Europe—between 2019 and 2021.

In the case of the Ökotárs Foundation, a relationship dating back several decades can also be documented. According to one of the foundation’s own reports from 2003, the organization participated jointly with the Hungarian Soros Foundation and other civil society organizations in efforts aimed at developing the civil society sector. The Carpathian Foundation–Hungary, meanwhile, lists the Open Society Institute–Budapest and the Soros Foundations Network by name on its website, on the page listing its main supporters.

In the context of the current agreements, therefore, it is not only the amount that matters, but also who controls the funds and under what conditions they can be accessed.

In the case of major government programs, Hungarian institutions also participate in their implementation, while donor countries continue to play a role in the design and oversight of individual programs. The situation is different, however, with the civil society support fund: there, a three-member consortium has been given a decisive role in the administration and selection of projects, and all three members have documented prior ties to the Open Society network associated with George Soros.

The EAA funding arrangement has been the subject of a long-running dispute between Hungary’s previous government and the donor countries. In 2014, the Orbán government challenged the independence of the organizations administering the civil society fund, and launched investigations into their activities. Norway and the other donor countries insisted that the fund be managed independently of the Hungarian authorities, as required under the grant agreements, and suspended payments amid the dispute.

In 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled against Hungary over legislation imposing registration, declaration and publication requirements on civil society organizations receiving significant foreign funding.

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He did not realise he was being overheard by a local BAC police officer who was in the shop buying his lunch. According to a report by Europe 1, a man was arrested on Tuesday for glorifying terrorism and making death threats on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality or religion.
The incident took place at around 1 pm at the Intermarché on Rue de Charenton in Paris (12th arrondissement). The police officer, who was on duty with the local anti-crime squad (BAC), was alerted by an individual who was addressing the security guard, shouting: “We’re going to take revenge on this country of racists in the name of Allah!” He continued: “Country of filthy white people, we’re not going to let this continue, we’re going to kill them all.”

According to a source close to the investigation, a police officer also overheard the suspect saying, “We’re going to slit the throats of those filthy white people”. The officer, assisted by colleagues who had arrived as reinforcements, checked the suspect’s identity and then arrested him as he left the shop.

When questioned by the criminal investigation officer, he admitted to having a problem with Israel and France, stating, “You are accomplices and a country of fascists.” He was taken into custody at the 12th arrondissement police station. An investigation has been launched.

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