Ruling Fidesz party wants Soros-funded NGOs 'swept out' of Hungary


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  • Wednesday, 11 Jan 2017

Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Any civil society group with funding from billionaire George Soros should be "swept out" of Hungary, a vice chairman of the ruling Fidesz party said on Tuesday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been criticised at home and abroad for his crackdown on NGOs, which started in 2014, involved dozens of organisations, and lasted for more than a year. They uncovered no wrongdoing.

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