# Orbán-backed Brussels think tank MCC Brussels to close after funding cut

https://mins.news/en/item/40253

- euronews, 2026-09-01 12:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/orban-backed-brussels-think-tank-mcc-brussels-to-close-after-funding-cut

> MCC Brussels, a Eurosceptic think tank founded by Viktor Orbán’s government, will shut down after its Hungarian state funding was withdrawn. Director Frank Furedi resigned in protest, calling the decision to wind up the organisation “unprofessional and childish.”

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