Now even Fidesz admits it’s covered in blood-sucking parasites

Hungarians have mostly accepted or ignored the Orban government’s corruption for more than a decade but now it seems the tide is finally turning. With double-digit inflation over the past couple of years, Hungarians are up to pussy’s bow with their shameless theft, flaunting of wealth, nepotism and cronyism. 

The Fidesz “maffia” has never tried particularly hard to hide its wealth. When Forbes Hungary releases its annual Rich List it’s a who’s who of Orban’s friends, family and associates …. all owing their wealth to the good graces of the Big Man himself.   

Take Hungary’s richest man for example. Lorincz Meszaros started out as a humble gas fitter but his big break in life was that he is from the same hometown as Viktor Orban – Felcsut. In 2024, it was estimated he had a net worth of 3 billion euros. Three billion. Wow – what a success story! You’d think his invention or the business he founded must be famous. Hungarians must be so proud of their rags-to-riches billionaire. You know, in the same way Americans revere Musk’s Tesla, or Bezos’s Amazon, or Gates’s Microsoft. Of course, there is no such business success behind him, so Hungarians couldn’t name a single business of Meszaros. Instead, his wealth is from opaque sources like government contracts and privatisations in everything from construction, energy and banking to tourism.

He’s not the only one. It’s not exactly clear what big business idea Orban’s daughter, Rahel, had but somehow she can afford to fly private and carry Hermes Kelly bags. 

And what about her husband, Orban’s son-in-law? What business skill did Istvan Tiborcz have (other than marrying well) to go from nothing to Hungary’s 15th richest man.

Same goes for government minister Antal Rogan whose wives past and present have never shown any class in at least trying to mask the extreme wealth they enjoy. His current wife, Barbara, seems to be partial to €300,000 Hermes Kelly bags as well.

And who could forget zebra-gate whereby the aforementioned Lorincz Meszaros is so rich he has nothing left to waste taxpayer money on but keeping poor African wildlife.

Then there’s the ridiculous case of the Hungarian National Bank. The State Audit Office is now investigating György Matolcsy, who was the Governor of the National Bank from 2013 to 2025, as they think he and his son may have swindled more than 500 million Euros. 

Don’t think that this doesn’t affect everyday Hungarians. Handpicking people to become insanely wealthy is gross and grossly unfair, but it also:

• Discourages these rich business owners from constantly improving their products or services as they know the money will keep flowing
• Squashes the entrepreneurial spirit of those who aren’t well connected as they know the game is rigged
• Wastes taxpayer money and reduces the effectiveness of how taxpayers’ money is spent as government contracts go to the most well-connected — not the most cost-effective and best solution 
• Reduces investment as companies don’t like to invest in corrupt environments as it’s not a level playing field for them

Now, with stubborn inflation, the EU withholding funds, the country dipping into recession, and opposition leader Peter Magyar nipping at its heels, Fidesz realises it has a problem. 

It’s not helped by cultural touch-points like a documentary called The Dynasty detailing the Orban family’s corruption getting nearly 4 million views. Or a song by rapper Majka making fun of Orban’s corruption called Csurran-Cseppen which has more than 20 million views.

And it’s not helped by the fact that these people haven’t adjusted their wealth-flaunting behaviour. You’d think with the 2026 elections looking like a dog fight, Orban would have told these morons to tone it down. 

So what should Fidesz do to win back the trust of the voters? Admit you’ve done the wrong thing, hand back the stolen money, and walk yourself off to prison? HAHAHA! No dummy — you’re going point the finger at each other and claim you know nothing about anything.

And that’s what Janos Lazar, one of the highest profile government ministers, has done. He made a shameless speech in which he claimed that too many blood-sucking parasites (“kullancsok”) had leached off the opportunities Fidesz gave them and instead of using the money properly they had lived “luxuriously” instead. 

He wouldn’t name the ticks specifically saying that they knew who they were. But when pressed to name at least one tick he — incredibly — said there are so many that it would be hard to highlight just one.

When journalists quizzed him about whether he would classify Orban’s children or Orban’s friends or even Lazar himself as one of the parasites… Oh No No No, No We’re Not the Ticks. That’s someone else!

Lazar is not the only one who is annoyed. Apparently with the failing economy, the government coffers bare, the EU money tap turned off, and — let’s be honest — probably not much left to steal, the oligarchs are going hungry. Allegedly, the knives are out and they’re fighting over the scraps of money that remains on the table. 

Will we see any of these ticks try to save themselves by telling on the others? Time will tell.

The bottom line is, the tweezers aren’t just coming for the ticks. The Hungarian people have fallen out of love with Orban, and they’re coming for him in ’26.