Hungary's former prime minister said since 2002 the left-wing governments had spent numerous foreign loans on welfare for political gains and by this they had destroyed the economy.

Calling the issue of unemployment the greatest challenge in Europe, he said all of Hungary's problems, such as the budget deficit, the fall in GDP, and the rise in foreign debts, would cease if one million new jobs could be created. "All countries in Europe have realized the importance of measures aimed at reducing unemployment. It is bad news Hungary isn't one of them. What we see in Hungary is a deliberate deepening of the crisis", Orbán said, adding that the most important question of the European elections is whether the country could be protected from the austerity measures of the Bajnai-government.

He emphasized that when Fidesz talks of the nation, it is aware of its social implications as well and will leave no-one behind.

Fidesz would free the creative energies of the people by providing a life with more freedom than the socialists do. "Ever since the democratic transition, we have believed that freedom is a fundamental value. We therefore need a new direction, one which points at liberty."

Orbán again urged voters to turn out in large numbers at the European elections, saying that this would be a way to boycott the government as well as exert pressure on it.


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