Anger growing in EU’s most corrupt stateAFP, VIENNAHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s officially declared wealth is fairly modest: some savings and a jointly owned villa in Budapest. A TISZA party activist stands at a campaign stall, canvassing for the opposition in the town of Jaszfenyszaru, Hungary, on March 23. Independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy, one of Hungary’s leading anti-corruption crusaders, said graft has drained the equivalent of 2.84 billion euros (US$3.24 billion) from state coffers every year since 2016. The deals were partly financed by the EU — until the EU anti-fraud office OLAF found serious irregularities. The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has labeled Hungary as the EU’s most corrupt country alongside Bulgaria in its Corruption Perceptions Index.

Source: Taipei Times April 06, 2026 17:46 UTC