No Soros retreat from Europe

Abstraction: Open Society Foundations denies European retreat, signals strategic pivot

Key points:

• Alex Soros (OSF chair) refutes reports that OSF is "leaving Europe"; Europe remains of strategic importance
• OSF began in the 1980s when George Soros funded independent thinkers in Soviet-era Hungary
• Foundation has adapted at key inflection points: after Berlin Wall fall, after 2008 financial crisis
• Current restructuring is a change in approach, not a withdrawal from European values and operations
• EU still described as a "global beacon" for OSF's core values despite its acknowledged faults

Connections: Open Society Foundations · Alex Soros · Civil Society · Philanthropy

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/no-soros-retreat-from-europe/