How Hungarian PM's supporters profit from EU-backed projects

While Viktor Orbán has criticised EU, some of his friends and family have won EU-funded infrastructure contracts

The train to nowhere, some dazzlingly expensive street lights and the pipe-fitter turned business mogul who happens to be the prime minister’s friend. One common thread links them all: Hungary’s combative leader, Viktor Orbán, and his bête noire, the European Union.

Orbán has attacked the EU relentlessly since he took office in 2010, comparing it to the Soviet Union and launching a “Stop Brussels” campaign. At the same time, some of his family and supporters have become rich, partly due to winning EU-funded contracts to build Hungary’s roads, railways, waterworks and other public infrastructure.

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