(Bloomberg) -- Poland’s government signaled it would try to prevent a takeover of the country’s second-largest radio station by a group that includes billionaire financier George Soros.

“The state should do everything to stop market speculators from increasing their influence on the media market,” ruling Law & Justice party spokeswoman Beata Mazurek said on her Twitter account, adding Poland should boost local media ownership.

The billionaire has teamed up with a Polish publisher Agora SA to place a bid for Radio Zet, put up for sale by Czech Media Invest. They vie against Fratria, a publisher of a pro-government weekly Sieci, as well as PMPG Polskie Media SA and Polish businessman Zbigniew Jakubas, according to Wirtualnemedia.pl portal.

Soros, a philanthropist for liberal and multicultural causes, is targeted by many nationalists around Europe. Poland’s outcry follows Hungarian government’s campaigns vilifying Soros, culminating in the ousting of Central European University, founded by the Hungarian-born billionaire.

--With assistance from Maciej Martewicz.

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