Fidesz: Soros behind request for special session of parliament

George Soros was behind the opposition’s call for Monday’s special session of parliament on the topic of the Central European University, Fidesz group leader Lajos Kósa said, referring to the US financier.

Lawmakers of the ruling alliance boycotted the session, which thereby lacked a quorum.

The Socialists, LMP and independent MPs had proposed debating abolishment of “Lex CEU”, the higher education law amendment which triggered a decision by the European Commission to launch an infringement procedure against Hungary.

Kósa told a news conference that Fidesz had notified the opposition it would “not attend sessions with the sole purpose of political noisemaking”.

“There is no point in changing the well-functioning higher education law only because George Soros is vexed by no longer being able to play tricks in higher education,” he said, adding that Fidesz had no intention of changing the law in question. The CEU, which the financier has founded and supports, is a marginal problem, he insisted.