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LMP denies link with org distributing Norwegian funds in Hungary
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(MTI) – Opposition LMP is not connected to the Okotars Foundation, associated with the management of Norwegian funds granted to promote civil society in Hungary, the party said in a statement on Thursday.
LMP reacted to a Tuesday statement by Janos Lazar, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, as reported by the online version of daily Magyar Nemzet, that “billions of forints” from the Norwegian Civil Fund are managed by “an organisation closely associated with a Hungarian political party”.
In its statement LMP said that “there has been no institutional or financial link; LMP has not been in a position to influence the operations of Okotars and vice versa”. Though “Lazar’s attack on civil society” suggests personal links, the Okotars officials mentioned in the Magyar Nemzet article – Zsuzsa Foltanyi or Virag Kaufer – “have not been members of LMP for a long time”.