No mercy for Hungary's left-wing governments

Hungary's conservative right-wing government announced on Tuesday that it wants to take previous governments from 2002 to 2010 to court for their "irresponsible" economic policies. Magyar Nemzet, a conservative daily with close government ties, explains why this is necessary. "On the one hand [the ruling party] Fidesz wants to satisfy society's impatient expectations, on the other it has to fend off criticism from the Left which is accusing it of undermining democracy and the constitutional state." ... When it comes to political crimes there can be no mercy. The first government after the fall of communism got a grip on the devastating legacy of actually existing socialism and the brutal state debt which it caused primarily by privatising state assets. These efforts, which demanded great sacrifices by society, were then annulled by the socialists when they came into power in 2002. ... A trial would certainly not be a return to the 1950s, instead it would be adopting the practice of mature democracies."

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