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Aron Orbán, the younger brother of former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, was placed in pretrial detention in Budapest. He is suspected of belonging to a criminal organization linked to the granting of visas, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro.
Other former ministers and figures tied to the family were also detained, the newspaper reported. The report treats the episode as a direct blow to the former prime minister’s innermost circle.
The case strikes the family of one of the most influential politicians in the European Union in recent years. Viktor Orbán became a symbol of the nationalist right on the continent, and the fact that his brother and former members of his government are now in custody shows the political turn Hungary is undergoing.
The investigation centers on visas, a sensitive subject because it involves the country’s policy on the entry of foreigners. The suspicion is that an organized group worked to grant these documents.
For Europe’s nationalist right, the episode carries symbolic weight. Orbán was seen by allies as a model of governance and a reference point for confronting Brussels. With people close to him in custody, the reckoning with his years in power has become a chapter whose repercussions extend well beyond Hungary’s borders.
What happens to those detained from now on depends on the Hungarian judiciary, which has yet to comment on the progress of the case.
Reporting from Le Figaro (p. 7, Budapeste/Hungria).
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