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ARTICLE VIEW:
Following Trump, Orban says Hungary will designate Antifa a terrorist
group
By Christian Edwards, CNN
Updated:
4:25 PM EDT, Fri September 19, 2025
Source: CNN
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday that Hungary will follow
the lead of US President Donald Trump and designate , the nebulous
far-left anti-fascist group that is more an ideology than a formal
group, as a .
Orbán, who has hollowed out Hungary’s civic institutions over his 15
years in power, said he was “pleased” with Trump’s decision to
list Antifa as a “major terrorist organization” in the US, and that
Hungary would do the same.
“Antifa is a terrorist organization,” Orbán told state radio.
“The time has also come in Hungary for organizations like Antifa to
be classified as terrorist organizations, following the American
example.”
Orbán, a champion of what he calls “illiberal democracy,” is often
credited with inspiring Trump’s for government. Orbán has become a
darling to MAGA conservatives, and the president has praised him as a
“very great leader” and “very strong man.” While Trump
administration critics accuse the president of deploying tactics used
in Hungary, Orbán’s announcement shows that the relationship can go
both ways.
In an early-morning tirade on Thursday during his state visit to
Britain, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he is designating Antifa,
which he called a “sick, dangerous, radical left disaster,” as a
terror organization. In the days after the killing of , the
conservative activist, the president has sought to into efforts to go
after his rivals.
In the US, Antifa is a loosely organized movement without a distinct
leader, membership lists or structure. It is unclear what effects
Trump’s designation will have on Antifa since, as a domestic
movement, it enjoys First Amendment protections, unlike the US State
Department’s list of foreign terror organizations.
Antifa is similarly unstructured in Hungary. In his comments, Orbán
cited a 2023 incident in which Ilaria Salis, an Italian antifascist
activist, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting participants in an
annual far-right “Day of Honor” event in Budapest, Hungary’s
capital.
“They have come to Hungary, beaten peaceful people in the streets,
beaten some half to death,” Orbán said Friday.
Salis was released in May 2024 before winning a seat in the European
Parliament, which granted her legal immunity.
Without naming Salis, Orbán complained that Antifa activists can “go
on to become MEPs, and from there they lecture Hungary on the rule of
law.” European lawmakers have criticized Hungary for continuing to
commemorate the “Day of Honor,” which marks the failed attempt by
Nazi German and Hungarian troops to break the Soviet siege of Budapest
in 1945. Last year, three MEPs said the event remains a “shameful
display of Nazi banners, slogans and uniforms.”
Although Antifa is not an active group in Hungary, Orbán’s threats
against it are unsurprising. Orbán has long sought to consolidate his
power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills. Most
notoriously, he has vilified the billionaire philanthropist George
Soros, hounding his Open Society Foundations from the country.
Orbán’s conspiracies around Soros are . Trump suggested in August
that Soros should be charged with a , the Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), because of his alleged “support for
Violent Protests, and much more.”
Following Kirk’s assassination last week, conservatives have called
for Trump to bring RICO charges against left-wing groups they view as
part of a concerted effort to incite violence in the US.
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