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Football and political extremism hand in hand in the Hungarian stands
The group of Hungarian supporters who attended the match against Portugal are well known for their history of racism, homophobia and Nazi gestures. Euro 2020 in Budapest is more than a sporting event, it also demonstrates the strength of a conservative government that relies on football to consolidate power.
It is called the “Carpathian Brigade”, defines itself as a group of “ultra-right patriots” and usually has big fights with rivals. He has a long history of violence (many of the participants are martial arts fighters) and is known for taking part in beatings and stabbing whenever his team loses.
Traditionally, this group is present in stadiums whenever Hungary plays and wears black shirts to distinguish themselves from other fans. He often sings racist and anti-Semitic chants to blacks, gypsies and Jewish communities.
The incidents with the “Carpathian Brigade” are repeated and always have the same racist, neo-Nazi and homophobic content. The most recent was in the game against Portugal. According to press reports, a significant proportion of Hungarian supporters sang “Cristiano homosexual” repeatedly during Portuguese holidays, on the same day that Hungary passed a law banning “propaganda” of homosexuality among people under 18 in the country.
In a friendly match between Hungary and Ireland in early June, Hungarian fans brought the Irish players to their knees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. This attitude was not appreciated by some Hungarian players, who even pointed to the UEFA Respect badge on the sleeve of their equipment.
In March, following a match at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the Romanian Football Association informed UEFA of incidents of racist abuse against Romanian players by Hungarian fans. Another time, in September 2019, the team was banned from playing with the public in the stadium, but the pandemic changed that. Reuters reported that Hungary and Slovakia will hold Euro 2020 qualifiers behind closed doors following racist behavior and clashes between fans and security. While there is no evidence that the Kapatian brigades were involved in all of these incidents, it is not hard to imagine that they were involved at all.
At Euro 2016, members of the Carpathian Brigade were accused of a Nazi demonstration during a rally against Iceland. A police source told Mail Online that the group of supporters wore a black T-shirt, the hallmark of the far-right group.
The relationship between football and politics is not exclusively limited to Hungarian fans, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban uses sports as a way to assert his power. Orban is a conservative who is considered by many to be far-right and often attacks the LGBTQ + community and opposes emigration, linking it, for example, to terrorism and crime.
Since 2010, he has invested about 2 billion euros in the development of football in Hungary. Most of this amount went to the construction of stadiums, most notably the Puskas Arena, Hungary’s national stadium. Ahead of the next elections, the holding of the Euro 2020 games in Hungary can be seen as an important step towards a possible victory for the current prime minister.
This investment has brought some kind of sporting result, but perhaps not the one that Orban was counting on. Hungarian football has evolved, but, according to The Guardian, “the improvements are indirect.” Clubs such as Felcsut received large sums of money from the state. This volume of investment will be difficult to sustain for many years to come and does not seem to be able to strengthen the project in the long term.
In 2018, Hungary lost to Andorra, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg and did not qualify for the World Cup (not participating in this competition since 1986). Since 2010, Hungarian clubs have played four times in the Europa League and once in the Champions League. Youth football has not undergone significant changes in recent years. Hungary has lost all matches of the recent U21 European Championship and has only two players under 22. The biggest hope for the country at the moment is Leipzig player Dominik Soboshlai, who is already demonstrating well above average quality in the tournament. 20 years. He missed the euro due to injury.
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Yesterday, financial agents evaluated the opposite decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) regarding the so-called secret budget. In addition, a decision was made by STF Minister Gilmar Méndez to issue an injunction that would exclude the Bolsa Família from the spending cap rule, with investors trying to understand how this measure would affect the processing of the transitional PEC in the Chamber of Deputies. Oh this PEC!!!!
Since he is an exchange investor, any reading that the budget will be exceeded or become more flexible will negatively affect the exchange market, whether through the PEC or in any other way. We will continue with volatility today.
Looking beyond, the US Central Bank (Fed), although slowing down the pace of monetary tightening at its December meeting, issued a tougher-than-expected statement warning that its fight against inflation was not yet over, raising fears that rising US interest rates will push the world’s largest economy into recession.
The currency market continues to react to political news. The voting on the PEC is saved for today. It is expected that it will indeed be reviewed to open the way tomorrow for discussions on the 2023 budget.
For today on the calendar we will have an index of consumer confidence in the eurozone. Good luck and good luck in business!!
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The former president of the Corinthians dreams of working for the CBF as a national team coordinator. He was consulted shortly after Lula’s election.
Former Corinthians president Andrés Sánchez was advised to take a position in the Ministry of Sports under the administration of Lula (PT). However, he ruled out a return to politics. dreams of taking over the coordination of CBF selectionHow do you know PURPOSE.
No formal invitation was made to the former Corinthian representative, only a consultation on a portfolio opportunity with the new federal government, which will be sworn in on January 1, 2023.
Andrés was the Federal MP for São Paulo from 2015 to 2019. At that time he was elected by the Workers’ Party. However, the football manager begs to stay in the sport, ruling out the possibility of getting involved in politics again.
Andrés Sanchez’s desire is to fill the position of CBF tackle coordinator, which should become vacant after the 2022 World Cup. Juninho Paulista fulfills this function in Brazil’s top football institution.
The former president of Corinthians was in Qatar to follow the World Cup along with other figures in Brazilian football. During his time in the country, he strengthened his ties with the top leadership of the CBF.
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The agreement was approved by a supermajority at a ministerial meeting of member states in Brussels, Belgium, after months of discussions about the best way to contain the rise in natural gas prices in the bloc caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .
The value set by the countries is well below the proposal made by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, in November: 275 EUR/MWh. However, the countries leading the cap campaign were in favor of an even lower limit, around 100 EUR/MWh.
Germany, always wary of price controls, voted in favor of 180 euros, while Austria and the Netherlands, also skeptical of the cap, abstained. Hungary, the most pro-Russian country in the EU, voted against.
The instrument will enter into force on 15 February, but only if natural gas prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange exceed 180 euros/MWh for three consecutive days. In addition, the difference compared to a number of global benchmarks should be more than 35 euros.
Italy, the EU’s biggest supporter of the ceiling, has claimed responsibility for the measure. “This is a victory for Italy, which believed and worked for us to reach this agreement,” Environment and Energy Minister Gilberto Picetto tweeted.
“This is a victory for Italian and European citizens who demand energy security,” he added.
Currently, the gas price in Amsterdam is around 110 EUR/MWh, which is already a reflection of the agreement in Brussels – in August the figure even broke the barrier of 340 EUR/MWh.
However, Russia has already threatened to stop exports to countries that adhere to the ceiling. (ANSA).
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