CPAC Hungary a no woke zone, so Dutch public TV not welcome either

Dutch journalist Tijn Sadée posted the negative response he received from the Hungarian organisers of the CPAC Hungary, when he tried to register for the conference which will be taking place at the end of April, hvg.hu has noticed.

When answering his accreditation application, the Centre for Fundamental Rights wrote the following: "Thank you for your interest in CPAC Hungary. We regret to inform you that we are unable to accommodate your registration request at this time. As organizers, we must abide by one of the conference's ironclad rules: CPAC is a NO WOKE ZONE. We look forward to seeing you in the future when your organization becomes significantly less woke."

The paper understands that Dutch public television will not be allowed to be present at the conference either. The Dutch media would have been interested in covering the event because Geert Wilders, whose populist, far-right and anti-Muslim party won the most votes in the Dutch parliamentary elections will also be speaking at the conference. It became clear in March that the coalition negotiations had broken down, meaning that Wilders would not be able to become head of government. The organiser of the conference, the Centre for Fundamental Rights, considers Wilders the saviour of the Netherlands. Czech media are reportedly also not allowed to attend the event.

Other than Wilders, the American Markwayne Mullin, who was an MMA fighter before becoming a House Representative in 2013 and a senator last year, will also be among the guests at CPAC Hungary 2024. As Miklós Szánthó, head of the Centre for Fundamental Rights put it, since entering politics, Mullin has been "using his fighting skills in rhetoric to overpower the Democrats".

This will be the third time (between 25 and 26 April) that the Hungarian edition of the annual CPAC super-conference, organised by the (far) right wing of the American Republican Party will take place. Each time so far, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been the keynote speaker. As in previous years, the right-wing conference is organised by the Centre for Fundamental Rights, which is generously funded through Hungarian public funds.