Overview

• Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Kossuth Radio that the government has classified Antifa as a terrorist organization following a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
• He said Hungary will compile a national list of groups it considers terrorist and will act against them with the strictest measures.
• Orban described Antifa and linked groups as terrorist and said measures should be taken before they commit crimes.
• A political analyst told RIA Novosti that parliamentary approval would be needed to finalize the recognition and predicted a vote could come by late autumn.
• The move follows a broader push that includes a recent U.S. executive order on Antifa and a Hungarian appeal to the EU for a bloc-wide designation, even as Antifa lacks a formal legal structure.