Fidesz condemns politicians' 'violence' at public media headquarters

Any attempt by politicians to "forcefully interfere" with operations of the (public) media is unacceptable, the communications director of ruling Fidesz said on Monday, in connection with developments at the public media headquarters during the previous night. Balazs Hidveghi insisted that protesting opposition deputies that spent the night at public media foundation MTVA headquarters "used the excuse of obtaining information for setting off the fire alarm and violently attacking public TV staff". The opposition deputies abused their powers and authorisations arising from their mandate, Hidveghi said. He said that "their obvious goal was to intimidate journalists" and added that "these are well-known methods of the pro-immigration Soros network".