Soros's baby, Orban's enemy: the Central European University The Central European University, co-founded by billionaire George Soros after the fall of communism to help eastern and central Europe's transition to democracy, is in the crosshairs of Hungary's government. To Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Soros is not a philanthropist but a rapacious financier looking to undermine nation states. And the CEU, smack bang in the middle of Budapest, is a laboratory of dangerous ideas breaking the rules. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES