Kosa: Jobbik MEP’s case biggest political corruption scandal of post-communist era – Jobbik responds

Budapest (MTI) – The case of radical nationalist Jobbik MEP Bela Kovacs, accused of spying, is the biggest political corruption scandal of the post-communist era, ruling Fidesz group leader Lajos Kosa said on Tuesday.

Kovacs’s immunity was lifted by the European Parliament last week.

Kosa told a press conference that Jobbik had been vocal in accusing Fidesz and the government of corruption, “yet the most important question marks regarding corruption have showed exactly on Jobbik’s playing field”.

The lifting of an MEP’s immunity for suspected spying is unprecedented, he said. Kovacs allegedly passed on information to Russia, and Jobbik has received the bulk of its financial support with Kovacs’s help, Kosa said.

“Quite simply Jobbik serves non-Hungarian, other interests through Bela Kovacs, financed by foreign powers”, Kosa added.