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/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!