2006 protests in Hungary

2006 Hungarian protests
2006 Hungarian protests
	György Ekrem-Kemál speaking at a rally near the Parliament Building
Date	17 September – 4 November 2006; (1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Budapest and other cities, Hungary
Caused by	Ferenc Gyurcsány's speech in Balatonőszöd in May 2006; Economic austerity measures;
Goals	Resignation of the government; Early parliamentary elections;
Methods	Demonstrations; Civil resistance; Civil disobedience; Online activism; Riots; Occupation of MTV Headquarters;
Resulted in	Government lost 2006 local elections; Political crisis until 2008; Hungarian fees abolishment referendum, 2008;
Parties
Political opposition Protesters of Kossuth tér Hungarian National Committee 2006; Revolutionary National Committee; Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement; Inconnu Art Group; ; Fidesz–KDNP; MIÉP; Jobbik;	Government of Hungary Second Gyurcsány Government; MSZP–SZDSZ; Hungarian Police REBISZ; ; National Security Office;
Lead figures
	Viktor Orbán; László Gonda; László Toroczkai; György Ekrem-Kemál; György Budaházy Ferenc Gyurcsány; József Petrétei; Gábor Demszky; László Bene; Péter Gergényi
Number
Tens of thousands
Casualties
Death(s)	0
Injuries	Gönczöl Commission Report: 326 civilians; 399 police officers; ;
Arrested	472

The 2006 protests in Hungary were a series of anti-government protests triggered by the release of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's private speech in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, and had done nothing worth mentioning in the previous four years of governing. Most of the events took place in Budapest and other major cities between 17 September and 23 October. It was the first sustained protest in Hungary since 1989.

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