Hungarian Official Warns Over Soros’ Billion-Dollar Plan for New Global University Network

Hungarian Official Warns Over Soros’ Billion-Dollar Plan for New Global University Network
George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, arrives for a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on April 27, 2017. Olivier Hoslet/AFP/Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Hungary’s government spokesman voiced concerns over Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros’ plan to invest $1 billion to build his Open Society University Network, calling it an “ideologically-driven political agenda.”

The Budapest-born investor said Thursday during the World Economic Forum summit held in Davos, Switzerland, that he would contribute $1 billion to establish a global network of universities to promote the values of “free expression and diversity of beliefs” according to the Open Society Foundations’ press release.