2006 protests in Hungary

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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:[1] 326 civilians 399 police officers
Arrested	472[2]

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.