Hungary: the far-right advances Young Eastern European republics established after the collapse of the Berlin Wall are all through difficult trials for their democracies. Examples are the now ousted Poland Kacyznski brothers, the ' Ukraine's Yanukovich and Yushchenko el' Hungary of street protests. Especially the latter has gained plenty of space in the international press due to the recent formation of a group of extreme right: the 56 founding members of the "Magyar Gard (guard Hungarian) last August 25 were sworn in before a crowd of thousands of people in Kossuth ter, the square where parliament is located. Daughter of the extra-parliamentary party Jobbik (Hungarian Jobb means both right and good, literally the best), known for his anti-Semitic sentiments, racist and homophobic, the new militia is provoking strong reactions across the country, partly because the decision to use the flag horizontally striped red and white symbol of Árpád - chieftain who led the Hungarians into the Carpathian Basin and whose family ruled until 1300. Although this flag has always accompanied the history of the Magyar people, during the forties of the century last year it became the flag of the Arrow Cross, which is pro-Nazi party that ruled Hungary during the Second World War. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány sent a letter to the Public Prosecutor requested to declare the association outlaws. Outraged the international Jewish community, which condemns the "attempt to destroy democracy." Not everyone, however, are so pessimistic. According Lászlo Tamás Papp, liberal journalist of the weekly Heti Világgazdaság, the panic is unfounded.
In just over two months of life, the guard has given rise to diametrically opposite actions: a collection of blood for the service public health, cleanliness of public places and monuments, but also lots of street demonstrations and clashes, often violent, with police. The video
refers precisely to the events that took place in Budapest this year, after violent clashes last year (I shot the video from the balcony of my house).
Since the end of 2006 was published in the recording of a conversation in which Prime Minister stated that he had lied on the economic situation of the country to win elections, sparking violent reactions in durable and throughout the country, Hungary lives tougher political crisis of recent years, which, coupled with weak public response to the provocations of the Hungarian Jobbik, could lead to the weakening of the nascent democracy Hungarians.
E the European Union? Looks on. The political problems which are still subject to many of the former communist states perplexing when you consider the speed with which they were admitted to the EU (at a time when the current Premier Romano Prodi was president of the EC). Hopefully, this time, the error is not repeated with the entry of these countries into the single currency .
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