Hungarian Nobel Laureate for physics Prof. Ferenc Krausz
Nobel Laureate Ferenc Krausz’s open letter to Prime Minister Péter Magyar has sent shockwaves around Hungarian society. The moving, honest account of the capricious and malicious destruction of one the most promising scientific talent development initiatives by the new globalist government, titled “Requiem for the Frontiers“, is a devastating testimony to the cultural, economic and social destruction that the TISZA government is involved in.
In an article simultaneously published in Index.hu, the prominent scientist starts with expressing his deep embarrassment over being forced to explain to senior foreign scientists, who have volunteered to join the project, that it has unexpectedly been cancelled by the Magyar government. “Three North American natural scientists identified an opportunity within the program that was worth playing a role in bringing to fruition—even in a country to which, unlike the two Hungarian members of the board of trustees, they owe absolutely nothing.
They are world-renowned, pioneering researchers who turn down at least nine out of every ten invitations. It is almost unbelievable, but they made an exception for us. One year later, on this very day, August 31, 2026, the Foundation was dissolved, and with it, its Board of Trustees,”
wrote Professor Krausz.
He made no qualms about what stood behind this inexplicable decision: “Since this is a political decision, it is not my place to pass judgment on it”, he added.
The multi-year project was meant to develop indigenous scientific talent in Hungary, as well as to attract Hungarian scientists from international research institutions and universities to return back to their homeland. “This concept has been lost, along with a governing body that was exceptional even by international standards, and with them, a vision that could have strengthened Hungary’s scientific and economic competitiveness in the long term. The team—committed to the cause and having coalesced into a true community during the trials of recent months—has also been lost”, pointed out Professor Krausz.
He continues to say that “we learned of the government’s intention to terminate the contract through social media. This occurred without any substantive presentation of Élvonal’s overall professional concept, its commitments, or its achievements to date prior to the decision.”
I believe that this lack of even minimal dialogue did not serve Hungary’s interests. Nor did it show the proper respect for the matter at hand”,
he says.
In short the message the Magyar government’s vindictive purge is sending out to Hungarian or international talent is – if you were to return home, your work and person will be subjected to political criteria. And if you do not show your due loyalty within the expected channels of the newly emerging cult of personality, instead o respect and recognition, you can expect to be subjected to bullying and obstruction.
Professor Krausz’ complaints implicitly refer back to earlier unsubstantiated accusations by Péter Horváth, State Secretary for Science Policy and Innovation. On August 26, he presented the new science and innovation strategy to the National Assembly’s Education Committee, where he also spoke disparagingly about the Élvonal case. The minister in charge is Zoltán Tanács, Minister of Science and Technology, but if the decision to dissolve the Élvonal Foundation is indeed of political nature, as the Nobel laureate pointed out, then the buck must stop at PM Magyar’s desk.
Not a care in the world. While Hungary has just suffered one of its most significant reputational damages since the elections, its leader continues to pursue his endless photo ops. Photo: Facebook Péter Magyar
Ferenc Krausz’s downfall was that he had maintained a courteous relationship with the Orbán government, and had kept the necessary professional decorum with those holding power through a democratic mandate. As he wrote, he was willing to continue with this attitude towards representatives of the new government, but his lack of signalling his loyalty towards the new ruling class was enough for him to find himself branded with the same collective guilt, that the entire Hungarian conservative, as well as neutral non-political sphere has been stigmatized with. In this regard, our other recent Nobel laureate, Katalin Karikó, was much more successful in conforming to the post-election tide of pro-TISZA sentiment.
Unfortunately Professor Krausz’s experience is not an isolated one. It is shared by thousands across the country in all sphere’s of professional or public life: from the education sector to business, from health care to the armed forces. It is increasingly clear that the Magyar government’s purges are not simply meant to dislodge the political or economic heritage of the Orbán government, as they claim so often. They are in fact designed to make an example with the defiant Hungarians for their decades of resistance against the woke, Euro-federalist, pro-migration tide, that has thrown a hard spanner in the Brussels’ bureaucracy’s wheels.
The consequences of the Hungarian Euro-maidan that had helped overthrowing the country’s national conservative government, are now experienced even by those, who have believed in being shielded from its consequences by a diligent, non-political professionalism.
Foreign investors are leaving Hungary, those who cannot, are privately voicing the exasperation over the constant audits and bullying, and just like in the case Professor Krausz’s colleagues, foreign scientists and academics are being discouraged from sharing their talent within Hungarian professional or corporate networks.
This phenomenon is far from being coincidental, an unintended result of a well-intentioned anti-corruption drive. The war against values and achievement, the weakening of the country’s economic, political and scientific autonomy is the very goal of those who stand behind the TISZA government’s purges. Still, one can only wonder about the intellectual maturity of people, who are not only unable to show basic respect to those among us, who think differently from them, but even to an internationally renowned scientist, a Nobel Laureate, who has given up his much beloved profession in order to return to Hungary, and help others reach the heights that his has climbed.
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