The EU is not spending 2.6-million euro on hamster breeding in Hungary
Thousands of internet users appeared to believe that the EU may spend more than 2 million euros to finance hamster breeding in Hungary. Such a project was described in a poster whose photo was widely shared on Hungarian social media in March 2023. AFP found no trace of any such EU project for the “rehabilitation and artificial insemination of golden hamsters” and confirmed that neither the address nor the company listed on the poster exists. While the Hungarian government has been suspected of irresponsible or irregular use of EU funds in the past, this particular example appears to be a case of satire.