Well-Known Former Opposition Politicians Also Received Diplomatic Passports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Has Taken Action

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The former president of the SZDSZ, the former finance minister of the Gyurcsány government, and the former Jobbik MP also received diplomatic passports based on individual applications.

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During the Orbán governments, former SZDSZ chairman Gábor Fodor, former socialist finance minister János Veres and former Jobbik MP György Szilágyi were granted diplomatic passports upon individual application and with ministerial permission, although none of them were members of parliament at the time. 24.hu reported, citing information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that all three documents were revoked after the Tisza government review…

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MSZP founder János Veres and György Szilágyi, former Jobbik MP, also received diplomatic passports, which Anita Orbán has already revoked.

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One of the founders of Fidesz, a former socialist finance minister, and a former Jobbik representative also received diplomatic passports during the NER, based on individual applications and with the permission of Péter Szijjártó. The Tisza government revoked the documents from all three politicians.

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Gábor Fodor, János Veres and György Szilágyi also received diplomatic passports during the Orbán governments, although none of them were members of parliament at the time. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all three documents have now been revoked after the Tisza government reviewed them. The former politicians requested the passports for different reasons, but according to the ministry, most of the documents previously issued were n…

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Gábor Fodor applied for and received a diplomatic passport twice, citing his international relations, but János Veres, a founding member of the MSZP, and György Szilágyi, a former MP of Jobbik, also had the document under NER. Anita Orbán has since withdrawn some of them.