Hungary, Following Trump, Will Designate Antifa A Terrorist Organization, Orbán Says

Budapest said that Hungary (AP) – Hungary would copy a policy in which US President Donald Trump was announced on Thursday and will appoint Antifa a terrorist organization.

Antif, which is short for the “anti-fascist, is a term an umbrella term for loose-left activists and groups that resist fascism, fascists and neo-nazis in demonstrations. Although some have adopted militant tactics, it is more like ideology than an organization.

A right -wing populist and powerful Trump ally Orbán said that he was “satisfied i by the comments on Friday, the comments on the state radio. Trump’s announcement He plans to appoint antiFen as a “great terrorist organization in the USA.

“Antife is really a terrorist organization, Orb Orbán said. “In Hungary, it is time to follow the American model and classify organizations such as antieties as terrorist organizations.”

It was not clear what forced Orbán’s decision to take action. Antifasist groups rarely engage in political actions in Hungary, where Orbán and his party have been in collective power for more than 15 years.

Nevertheless, in his statements on Friday, Orbán referred to the 2023 incident that antifacist activists attacked several suspects. Annual Extreme Right Activity Budapest.

One of the alleged attackers, Italian Antifasist activist Iaria SalisFollowing the attacks, he was imprisoned in Hungary for more than a year and provided a diplomatic disagreement to be detained between Rome and Budapest.

Salis was left under house arrest in May 2024 before winning a chair in the European Parliament and gained legal immunity. Hungary continues to request prosecutors to return to the trial of 11 years in prison.

Orbán said that on Friday, Salis was released, Antifa said, “He came to Hungary and beaten peaceful people on the street, some were beaten in half, and later teaching the European Parliament members and Hungary about the superiority of law”.