Momentum Movement organises pro-Europe demonstration in Budapest – Photos

Budapest (MTI) – A demonstration with the slogan “We belong to Europe”, organised by the Momentum Movement, was held in the capital on Monday evening, on the 13th anniversary of Hungary’s EU accession.

Momentum Movement leader András Fekete-Győr told the crowd assembled in Heroes’ Square that his party would run in the 2018 general election. He said the party would announce its election programme on October 15.

Fekete-Győr said that over the coming year Momentum would do everything it can to “tear down the regime of fear”.

Organisers handed out anti-government stickers to protesters, which Fekete-Győr said they should use to “correct government propaganda billboards” on their way home, referring to the billboards advertising the government’s national consultation.

Prior to assembling in Heroes’ Square, protesters gathered in central Budapest’s Szabadság Square. Participants held up banners, including one calling for a “Corruption-free Hungary!” and another one that read “We are living in a lie”.

Addressing the crowd in Szabadság Square, Momentum spokesman Miklós Hajnal said freedom was running out in Hungary. There should be no Soviet monument on the square, he said. Hajnal said they would not yield to Russian pressure, adding that Hungary is part of Europe.