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Hungary's biggest publisher, Libri, was recently taken over by Mathias Corvinus Collegium, a government-funded institution reportedly educating the next generation of Hungary's conservative elite. Fearing government intervention, some authors have already jumped ship.
The tendentious reporting exploits voices from the Hungarian liberal literary landscape to further the Guardian's systemic anti-Hungarian bias.
Libri Group’s takeover by Mathias Corvinus Collegium raises fears of crackdown on literary freedoms
Several authors terminated their contracts with Libri, fearing the Orban government would use the publishing house for their "own ideological and political purposes."
The Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation's subsidiary has signed an agreement with SQ Invest Kft. on the sale and purchase of a 67.48 percent stake in the Libri Group. With the transaction, MCC, the indirect minority owner until now, becomes the owner of 98.41 percent of the dominant player in the domestic book trade and publishing