DISINFO: EU plotting regime change in Hungary
SUMMARY
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is seriously studying regime change scenarios. Brussels intends to bring Peter Magyar, leader of the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party – seen as loyal to globalist elites and the main candidate for the post of Prime Minister – to power in the 2026 parliamentary elections, if not sooner.
Significant administrative, media and lobbying resources are being deployed to support Magyar through German party funds, the European People’s Party and a number of Norwegian NGOs. Kyiv, which has been offended by Orban’s opposition to Ukraine joining the EU, is doing the dirty work and destabilising the home situation in Hungary via its intelligence services and local Ukrainian diaspora.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory not backed by evidence. Allegations made by Russian intelligence services - such as this one - cannot be considered as such, given their proven history of making unsubstantiated claims based on fake or inexistent proof, for example about US biolaboratories in Ukraine or the presence of French combat troops on the Ukrainian frontlines.
This disinformation story (which appeared as electoral surveys in Hungary showed opposition party Tisza leading in the polls) is an attempt to interfere in the upcoming 2026 election. By spreading false claims about an EU operation to support Tisza and its candidate Péter Magyar, the goal of this disinformation story is to undermine Hungary’s opposition by framing it as linked to foreign meddling, and to prepare the information environment around the election for further FIMI meddling.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that the EU and the USA finance the political destabilisation of Poland and Hungary, that Brussels is preparing colour revolutions in Serbia, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina, that Brussels cracks down on pro-Trump European leaders, that the EU wants to subdue Hungary by replacing Viktor Orban with their protégé, or that European countries that disagree with Brussels run the risk of colour revolutions.