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Hungary had a rich tradition of peaceful street protest, from the pro-democracy demonstrations of the late 1980s to the Democratic Charta’s anti-fascist, anti-extreme right protests in 1991 and 1992. This peaceful tradition ended in 2006 with what many perceive post festum as the breaking of the social contract between Hungarian citizens and their government. A secret speech by Prime Minister Gyurcsány was leaked and broadcast to the public, in which he admitted lying to the country for years about the economy to win the recent election. Repeated, spontaneous demonstrations after the leak turned violent under suspicious circumstances that are still under investigation.
With research contributions from Erin Saltman and Hajnalka Szarvas.
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Jensen, J. (2015). Hungary at the Vanguard of Europe’s Rearguard? Emerging Subterranean Politics and Civil Dissent. In: Kaldor, M., Selchow, S. (eds) Subterranean Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137441478_6
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