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well, while the Superb is selling impressively, represents part of the background behind the possible production transfer.
For foreign investors, the advantage of cheap labour in Czechia has been significantly reduced in years of late given the country’s ultra-low
Hungarian government's anti-Soros campaign takes surreal new twist
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The ruling Fidesz party’s campaign against George Soros has reached new levels after a Christian Democratic MP compared the Hungar- ian born billionaire to Satan in his speech to the parliament on October 9.
The governing parties have demonised the 87-year- old philanthropist liberal Soros — seen as the illiberal Hungarian prime minister’s public enemy number one. The PM has accused him of promot- ing plans to force Hungary to accept the immigra- tion of a million illegal immigrants into Europe.
In a speech entitled “It is a Christian duty to fight the Satan/Soros Plan,” deputy state secretary of the development ministry Andras Aradszki said the third secret of Fatima – referring to revela- tions said to be granted by the Virgin Mary to three children in 1917 – is that “the greatest and ultimate attack by Satan on the Church will be an attack on families” and that is going on today.
“The national consultation is an outstanding op- portunity for us to make our opinions known about
unemployment and the consequent demands for higher wages which that has driven.
Skoda Auto saw production rocket 13.5% in the first half of this year as Czech car output rose by 5.1% y/y in the period overall, pushing output to 756,468 vehicles.
Satan’s Soros Plan, but also for us to make our opinions known about what we think of our home- land’s thousand-year-old history, our national sovereignty, our freedom, and our beloved Eu- rope... The rosary is the strongest weapon against evil and it is capable of changing history. George Soros will also experience this,” Aradszki said.
Fidesz launched so-called national consulta- tion surveys, this time on what it calls the “Soros Plan”, which in Fidesz' view involves opening up Europe’s borders to millions of migrants.
An extensive billboard campaign was launched in July, which showed a smiling Soros next to the caption: “Let’s not allow Soros to have the last laugh”.
The posters were quickly withdrawn ahead of the start of the FINA World Championship and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu's visit.
Meanwhile, Hungarian European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics has also come under fire for