BUDAPEST - US financier George Soros spoke out about a Hungarian government campaign against him for the first time on Monday, saying in a statement that the attacks contained 'lies and distortions' and were designed to create a false external enemy. Soros, a Hungarian by birth whose views have been squarely at odds with the ruling Fidesz party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said Budapest was 'stoking anti-Muslim sentiment, and employing anti-semitic tropes reminiscent of the 1930's.' He rejected the seven statements in a 'national consultation' conducted by Orban's government, which claim he wants to settle a million migrants a year in Europe, force them to resettle among EU countries and pay them each thousands of euros.
