Far-Right MEP with Jewish roots under pressure to resign
Source: Daily Telegraph (UK)
Csanad Szegedi, a member of the European parliament and regional leader of Jobbik, said he learned "not long ago that I had parents of Jewish origins, that's the big news." His grandmother was a survivor of Auschwitz and his frandfather a forced labour camp veteran.
Since admitting his roots, he has resigned from his party. Last week Jobbik asked for him to give up his seat in the European Parliament. They insist however that alleged bribery is at the heart of them asking him to leave, rather than his Jewish roots.
In a recording from 2010, Mr Szegedi is allegedly congronted with evidence of his roots. Upon hearing the news, Mr Szegedi offers money in exchange for keeping quiet. Mr Szegedi has insisted while a conversation took place, the tape was altered.
Mr Szegedi has repeatedly used anti-Semitic rhetoric in the past and also got attention when in 2009 he attended the first session of the European parliament in a uniform of the Hungarian Guard, a paramilitary branch of Jobbik which has since been banned.
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The far-right make fools of themselves yet again.