Premier Orbán fails due to crisis

Under the pressure of the European debt crisis Hungary on Friday initiated talks with the International Monetary Union and the European Union about receiving financial aid. It's high time Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stepped down, writes the left-liberal daily Népszabadság: "The head of government and his loyal supporters have not only undermined the democratic system of institutions and arbitrarily nationalised the private pension funds but also created laws with retrospective effect. ... The government has trampled freedom underfoot. All those commentators who defended the government's measures always used the following argument: this is the price to be paid for bringing the economy up to scratch and achieving economic independence. ... Orbán's project has however been ineffective. The government has therefore weakened the foundations of civic democracy for nothing. Orbán must go."

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