George Soros: financier, philanthropist – and hate figure for the far right

The Jewish billionaire’s backing for a pro-EU group has breathed new life into populist conspiracy theories
In December last year, an MP from the ruling Fidesz party of hardline Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán posted a photograph on Facebook showing a group of people standing next to a slaughtered pig. On the pig’s charred skin were carved the words “O volt a Soros”. The MP denied they referred to the billionaire financier and philanthropist, George Soros. Th