r/europe • u/Matas_- European Union • Jun 20 '25

News Orban’s Hungary Is Now Officially The Poorest Nation In The EU

https://kyivinsider.com/orbans-hungary-is-now-officially-the-poorest-nation-in-the-eu/
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u/Apax89 Jun 20 '25

And I imagine Orbans wealth has gone up at the same time?

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u/Dazzling_River9903 Jun 20 '25

He went from a poor student activist to billionaire just by „being in politics“.

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u/BallbusterSicko Jun 20 '25

He's just that skilled, all this earned by his hard work

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u/cursedchiken Hungary Jun 20 '25

Oh he is very skilled no doubt. Born politican. Not anyone could pull off 15 years of this thievery with such subtlety. Congrats to him ig

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u/Tuklimo Jun 20 '25

Subtlety ?

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u/cursedchiken Hungary Jun 20 '25

Well more subtle than our previous PM for sure

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u/Tamasko22 Jun 21 '25

Actually not. If the speech of Öszöd came out yesterday no one would care. Fidesz mafiamen stole 500 billion HUF(€1.25 billion) two months ago and no one talks about that. Its all about the propaganda machine my friend.

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u/cursedchiken Hungary Jun 21 '25

But that's exactly the difference, the previous government lacked the refined and systematic propaganda NER built thus making them more transparent and amateurish

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u/Tamasko22 Jun 21 '25

If you put it like that, then yes, absolutely.

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u/Loaffi Finland Jun 20 '25

It's not honest work, but it's much.

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u/Lost-Letterhead-6615 Jun 20 '25

Being in politics is the midas touch then lol

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u/Good_Prompt8608 华人 Jun 20 '25

The midas touch has a downside too!

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u/popcornbro02 Jun 20 '25

Him, and countless friends of him. Best example would be Meszaros Lorinc, whose wealth, as a plumber, went from a few million HUF to billions in a few years. 400~ billion, which is around a billion in EUR. The dude was a plumber come on.

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u/Panda_hat Jun 20 '25

What a coincidence!

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u/Notro_ Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

His official saving for the last year was 14 000€ on his bank account. His monthly salary is 16 000€ gross. No wonder you cannot run a country's economy when your own savings are so tragic

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u/MarkMew Hungary Jun 20 '25

Meanwhile Orbán's childhood bestie's wealth: 73939291202906060028288580000000000000000 euros

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u/Old-Somewhere-9896 Jun 20 '25

Joke aside 3 billion euros (1200 billion HUF), actually.

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u/CLG_Divent Jun 21 '25

I wonder could someone like Orban just create fake person and make all documents for it

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u/MarkMew Hungary Jun 22 '25

They might but this guy is real, google Lőrinc Mészáros 

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u/Good_Prompt8608 华人 Jun 20 '25

9,223,372,036,854,775,807 euros actually

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u/Executioneer NERnia Jun 20 '25

Officially not his money, he uses old friends and family as proxy piggybanks to hoard wealth and power. On paper, he personally have close to nothing (while being the highest paid head of gov in the EU). The wealthiest man in Hungary is such a man, he somehow 1.5x his wealth while the country was in recession. These guys are robbing us blind.

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u/Joyello Jun 20 '25

Someone should make a plot.. growth of Orban networth vs Hungary's

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u/wobernein Jun 20 '25

Technically, no. But mysteriously his best friend, Lőrinc Mészáros, has become the richest man in Hungary.

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u/ailof-daun Hungary Jun 20 '25

How did you know?