Monday 13th April 2026
Re: Monday 13th April 2026
@refit SNAP 
George Soros's university was hounded out of Hungary, replaced by this propaganda institution --
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/matt ... ns-defeat/
George Soros's university was hounded out of Hungary, replaced by this propaganda institution --
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/matt ... ns-defeat/
Particularly affected is Reform UK’s defeated Gorton & Denton candidate, and GB News presenter Matthew Goodwin, who is listed as a visiting fellow for Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC).
MCC is the Hungarian state-funded body which has been branded a “propaganda unit” for the country’s ousted right-wing authoritarian leader and his Fidesz party.
Under Orbán, MCC was accused of morphing from a standard educational institution to an international mouthpiece, and his party transferred enormous sums to the organisation – assembling a cross-border network of EU-sceptic and Fidesz-friendly ‘fellows’.
“The combined endowment was valued at a whopping $1.7 billion: nearly 1% of Hungary’s Gross Domestic Product,” Democracy for Sale reported. MCC hosts regular conferences on how to ‘save’ the West from immigration and liberalism.
Despite the defeat, Goodwin is scheduled to speak on a panel today (13th April) on “how mass migration is shaping the UK” at an MCC venue in Budapest. It may be the last such event for some time if Tisza, which secured a landslide in Sunday’s elections, overhauls the institution as planned.
Will this be Goodwin’s last speech in Hungary for some time? MCC
As non-profit campaigners Good Law Project noted in February, visiting fellows at MCC are reportedly paid between €5,000 and €10,000 per month – “plus housing, office space, health insurance” and other expenses. Reform has denied Goodwin was paid €10,000 a month, though did not reveal the precise figure.
MCC is also a major funder of the UK registered charity Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (RSLF) – named after the late conservative philosopher admired by Orbán and honoured by the state in “Scruton cafe§s” around the country.
It “received more than £512,500 from the Hungarian government since 2023 – over 90% of its total funding” according to Democracy for Sale, with speakers at its events typically aligning closely with Orbán’s anti-migrant conservative worldview.
Spectator editor and former minister Michael Gove and Reform UK’s policy chief Prof James Orr are trustees of RSLF. The charity’s funding may now be called into question, as it is likely to come under close scrutiny by Magyar’s new administration.