Enough is Enough

Created: 7th May, 2009 13:56 | Last updated: 7th May, 2009 14:06	print	send

All guests invited spoke of the importance of the upcoming elections, stressing the significance of a high voter turnout. Mr Schmitt said the Hungarian government did little to inform the Hungarian MEPs about its preferred policy positions, making it difficult to bring the EU closer to the Hungarian citizens. "This way it is understood why so many of our compatriots still lack the feeling of belonging to the European Union", Mr Schmitt added. He emphasised the extraordinary importance of three MEPs of Fidesz named "MEP of the Year" during the past years. Mr Schmitt, a former Olympic champion, said the manifesto of Fidesz would be presented on the May 12.
Mr Xavier Bertrand, the secretary general of governing French UMP also delivered a speech, praising the work done by Viktor Orbán as Vice Chairman of the European People's Party. Mr Bertrand said he knew the Hungarians demanded a change, the reason why so many of the showed up at the campaign event as well. The secretary general of UMP stressed the need for a stronger and more competent Europe, refusing the notion of "a technocratic EU, sought by the socialists".
In his speech, the Chairman of Fidesz accused the ruling Socialist Party of managing their own political crisis instead of the economic crisis hitting Hungary. Viktor Orbán said the Socialists' new austerity package would be the price Hungarians have to pay for the era of ex-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and his successor, Gordon Bajnai. The opposition leader addressed a rally in Budapest's City Park, "This is a government of hopelessness, and the policy of hopelessness will never offer a way-out of the vicious circle," he told a crowd of thousands.
Viktor Orbán called upon the electorate not to take any sacrifice for saving the Gyurcsány-Bajnai government and put an end to "the dark era dominated by the ideology of thieves", a mentality imposed on the nation by "swindling billionaires". Orbán said the European parliamentary elections would be an excellent opportunity for "the whole country to declare: enough!" He added, "I'll be there, as a father, for my family and for my children. I have to prove that Hungary can do better".