Head of Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank quits over unpaid wages
Summary
The head of MCC Brussels, a thinktank linked to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, resigned due to unpaid wages after Hungary’s government changed. The thinktank has stopped operations as it has not received agreed funds and has laid off staff.Key Facts
- Frank Furedi resigned as executive director of MCC Brussels over unpaid salaries.
- MCC Brussels last paid staff in June; no payments were made in July or August.
- MCC Brussels was created in late 2022 and is connected to the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation in Budapest.
- The MCC Foundation is closely linked to Prime Minister Orbán’s Fidesz party and Hungary’s nationalist government.
- Péter Magyar won Hungary’s April election and plans to cut state funding to MCC and investigate transfers of government assets to it.
- MCC Brussels declared it cannot operate without funding and faces legal insolvency issues in Belgium.
- The MCC Brussels team has shrunk from 25 to 12 employees plus three research fellows after recent layoffs.
- MCC Budapest’s leadership also changed after the new government, with former chair Balázs Orbán stepping down.
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