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There was a sharp debate about the apparent 25% deficit of the 2010 Hungarian EU presidency budget at the meeting of the four-party EU Presidency parliamentary working group.

Job creation, closer cooperation with Hungarian SMEs and tax reduction are the priorities of Fidesz's economic policy.

Two international surveys have been published recently, both proving that Hungary's economic output has become one of the weakest in the region.

People want change and most of them expect it coming from the opposition, said Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán in a television interview. Voters also want a government with strong legitimacy, he added.

The most important national cause is to raise employment and decrease unemployment rates, said Fidesz vice-chairman Mihály Varga.

‘The era of a hectic, unpredictable and irresponsible government and decisions are over, the time of partnership is coming' said Viktor Orbán in Frankfurt.

In his traditional state of the nation speech Fidesz Chairman Viktor Orbán stressed the importance of national causes, the policy of "common sense".

Fidesz has reported former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and former minister of finance János Veres for violating the Public Information Act by concealing state finance data in 2006.

Fidesz was shocked by the words spoken by MSZP MP Szabó Éva, wife of former finance minister János Veres.

In an interview he gave to a daily, chairman of Fidesz Viktor Orbán said a government led by him would ask for no "grace period" but instead act the day after having been elected.

Parliamentary group leader Tibor Navracsics confirmed that once in government, Fidesz would immediately prepare a new budget. He said MSZP was preparing a large-scale negative campaign for 2010.

Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán urged the cabinet to withdraw the draft 2010 budget and not stand in the way of change as he addressed the Fidesz national rally to launch the autumn political season.

Parliamentary group leader Tibor Navracsics says the next government will have to face the "difficult legacy" of the outgoing socialist cabinet.

"The budget plan unveiled by PM Gordon Bajnai is a return to 2005. The socialists are not telling the truth about the state of the economy", said parliamentary group leader of Fidesz Tibor Navracsics.

Martonyi: "Timid, slow, hesitative and weak" - this is how the Hungarian government responded to President László Sólyom being stopped from entering Slovakia.

No matter whether Nazi or Communist, no dictatorship can ever be in any way better for society than democracy built on freedom, said Viktor Orbán in Teistungen, Germany.

Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union fully supports an amendment to the Constitution that would reassuringly settle the issue of Holocaust denial, a phenomenon of rising concern all over Europe.

Members of Fidelitas handed a petition to the Budapest Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran demanding to free political prisoners and to guarantee civic liberties, including the right to gather.

The 23rd congress of Fidesz on June 13th reelected Viktor Orbán as chairman of the party as well as all four vice-chairmen. The congress adopted a resolution of the party's fundamental values.

The 20th anniversary of the collapse of communism has been overshadowed in Hungary by the global financial crisis - article written by Viktor Orbán in The Guardian.