Mathias Corvinus Collegium

Balázs Orbán, a former influential Hungarian government official, now faces a diminished role after the April election defeat of his former prime minister Viktor Orbán. The network of think tanks and institutions he chaired, including the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, which hosted MAGA figures like Tucker Carlson and JD Vance, is under pressure as the new government investigates Fidesz.

Hungary's new government is dismantling think tanks from the Orban era. United States Vice President JD Vance met with the director general of Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Zoltan Szalai, at the institution's headquarters in Budapest.

A think tank linked to former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, MCC Bruxelles, was suspended from the EU transparency register for failing to disclose financial information, including funding sources. The suspension followed a complaint by Corporate Europe Observatory, which accused the group of spreading Orbán's propaganda. MCC Bruxelles, funded by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (controlled by Orbán allies), plans to contest the decision.

The EU Transparency Register suspended MCC Brussels, a think tank linked to former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, for failing to disclose financial information and spreading propaganda. The group, funded by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest, faced a complaint from the Corporate Europe Observatory, which accused it of associating with networks linked to George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. MCC Brussels plans to challenge the decision.