Overview

• Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said his government will take steps to designate Antifa as a terrorist organisation in Hungary.
• Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó posted excerpts of a letter to EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas urging an EU terrorist listing and calling the movement a grave threat.
• Szijjártó wrote that individuals linked to Antifa carried out terrorist attacks in EU countries and argued that suspects later avoided justice.
• He cited the 2023 arrest in Budapest of Italian activist Ilaria Salis, whose subsequent election to the European Parliament conferred immunity that halted proceedings in Hungary.
• Hungary framed its push as aligning with President Donald Trump’s move to label Antifa a “major terrorist” group, while Al Jazeera describes Antifa as a loosely connected activist network rather than a unified organisation.