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EU Suspends Orbán-Linked MCC Brussels Transparency Register

6/15/2026

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The European Commission’s Transparency Register suspended MCC Brussels, the think-tank founded by Frank Furedi.
The suspension may prevent MCC Brussels from joining EU expert bodies and European Parliament hearings.
Corporate Europe Observatory alleged that most of MCC Brussels’s €6 million funding came from the Budapest-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium, linked to Viktor Orbán’s allies.
Communication director John O’Brien called the decision political and said the complaint stemmed from a Soros-linked activist network.

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The European Commission’s Transparency Register suspended MCC Brussels, the think-tank founded by Frank Furedi.
The suspension may prevent MCC Brussels from joining EU expert bodies and European Parliament hearings.
Corporate Europe Observatory alleged that most of MCC Brussels’s €6 million funding came from the Budapest-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium, linked to Viktor Orbán’s allies.
Communication director John O’Brien called the decision political and said the complaint stemmed from a Soros-linked activist network.