Antifa members have ‘beaten peaceful people in the streets, beaten some half to death’ in Hungary, said the country’s prime minister.
Political leaders in the Netherlands and Hungary are backing proposals to designate Antifa as a terrorist group after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he would take such an action in the United States.
“Dutch Parliament votes in favour of my party’s proposition to declare Antifa a terrorist organization,” Thierry Baudet, founder of the Forum voor Democratie (FvD) party, said in a Sept. 19 X post.
JUST IN: Dutch Parliament votes in favour of my party's proposition to declare Antifa a terrorist organisation. Enough is enough! The violent and criminal terrorist organisation that is Antifa, with chapters all over the world, will finally be OUTLAWED in the Netherlands. This… https://t.co/ZuOWd6msWh
— Thierry Baudet (@thierrybaudet) September 18, 2025
“Enough is enough! The violent and criminal terrorist organisation that is Antifa, with chapters all over the world, will finally be OUTLAWED in the Netherlands. This is just the beginning.”
In a Sept. 19 X post, Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, posted a request that was filed at the Netherlands’ House of Representatives to designate Antifa as a terror outfit in the country.
ANTIFA TERRORISTISCHE ORGANISATIE!
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) September 18, 2025
MOTIE FVD/PVV AANGENOMEN! 👍#algemenebeschouwingen #APB25 pic.twitter.com/KMMktH8Ea6
The request said the United States has already decided on such a designation and warned the group’s cells “are also active in our country, which regularly engage in bad language, make threats, intimidate city dwellers and journalists, and do not shy away from using violence.”
Zoltan Kovacs, Hungary’s State Secretary for International Communication and Relations, on Sept. 19 posted a video clip on X featuring the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban saying he wants Antifa to be designated as a terror group.
🚫 @PM_ViktorOrban: Antifa is a terrorist organization. They beat peaceful people in Hungary, then went to the EU Parliament to lecture us. It’s time Hungary follows America’s example and designates them terrorists. pic.twitter.com/yaeVoeYMrR
— Zoltan Kovacs (@zoltanspox) September 19, 2025
“I was pleased with the U.S. president’s decision and I will take the initiative to do the same here in Hungary,” Orban said. “Antifa is a terrorist organization. They have come to Hungary, beaten peaceful people in the streets, beaten some half to death, and then gone to become MEPs, and from there they lecture Hungary on the rule of law.” MEP refers to a Member of the European Parliament. He did not explicitly identify any MEP’s Antifa affiliation in the video.
“The time has also come in Hungary for organizations like Antifa to be classified as terrorist organizations, following the American example,” Orban said.
