Hungary On Threshold Of Becoming Proud Nation, Says PM
- 17 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
Hungary could become a country which stands on its own feet, joining the ranks of proud and successful nations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a commemoration of the March 15 national holiday in Budapest. Hungary is on the threshold of a new era, which could make it free and strong, he said. This will help stop the demographic decline of the Hungarian population, added.
Marking the 166th anniversary of the start of an anti-Habsburg revolution, Orbán addressed commemorators in the park of the National Museum, one of the sites where the uprising had broken out. Orbán said that the freedom fight of 1848-49 had allowed the extraordinary capabilities of the Hungarian nation to shine through. President János Áder, addressing a crowd in Békás, in west Hungary, said March 15 marked the birth of Hungary as a modern political nation.
He said the country’s modern period stemmed from the strengthening of the middle classes during the 19th century. He cited the twelve points of the young revolutionists in 1848, the convening of the first parliament, and the forming of the first fully-liable government as examples.
In the past 166 years, Hungarians have always been able to gain strength from the message of March 15, he said.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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