The recent conviction of a neo-Nazi leader in Hungary has not severed the international links forged by the Hungarian extremist right.
Istvan Gyorkos, head of a group called the Hungarian National Front, received a year’s suspended sentence for illegal activities from a court in his hometown of Gyor, in western Hungary.
But in a recent interview, he told Hungarian Television he continues to maintain ties with similar Spanish, Austrian and German organizations, including some groups that are banned in Germany.
Gyorkos, who also claims ties with Hungarian emigres in America, says he is seeking to transform his movement into a political party.
At the same time, he has pressed for rehabilitation of the Hungarian Arrow Cross movement, which collaborated with the Nazis in World War II.
Against the background of neo-Nazi activity, Hungary is in touch with the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution, sources say. German neo- Nazis consider Hungary and other former Communist countries a breeding ground for their ideas.
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