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Honourable House,
What has happened in the last two
years is unique in our history,
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but there are not many parallels
in the history of Europe either. Yet,
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with extreme awareness and determination,
we have made a revolution
without a single drop of blood,
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as a pioneer and as an example
for all of our region
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- and this is how it is viewed by the world.
The government to be presented
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is the coalition government of the Hungarian Democratic Forum,
the Independent Small Farmers' Party
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and the Christian Democratic People's Party,
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which, according to the direction
of European and Hungarian politics,
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wants to be the government of
the centre. The government,
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whose direction is to be
determined by my programme speech,
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will work in the spirit of four
principles if I receive and receive
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the confidence of Parliament.
These principles are a historical
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requirement for the government to
face its conscience and the
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judgment of posterity but only if
they do not falter from them.
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As a first principle,
we say that this government wants
to be a government of freedom.
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In his legislative and governmental
work, he will strive to ensure that
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all Hungarian citizens have the same
rights and obligations before the law,
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in the offices and in their relations to one another.
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The rule of law calls for further
modernisation of legislation in the
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areas of freedom of opinion, speech, assembly,
movement and freedom of travel.
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The new government is committed to
the full freedom of the press and
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culture and intends to restrict the
exercise of these rights only at
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the points where it violates the
freedoms or rights of others.
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Education is also
an indispensable part of freedom.
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It is a historical task to restore
entrepreneurship and economic freedom.
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Hungary will only have a new future
if we finally provide legal space
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and opportunity for the abundance
of energy of ambition, talent,
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individual and community initiative,
which is suppressed,
oppressed, forced to be subdued.
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We won't have a new future if
the best people of our talented
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people are looking for a way
to thrive and succeed abroad.
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At the same time, however,
we must also protect the social rights
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of those who are lagging behind,
and we will need a carefully
designed social network.
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Finally, as the government of freedom,
the new government also wants
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to ensure the self-determination
of small communities.
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As a second principle,
we state that the new government wants
to be the government of the people.
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For the first time in 43 years,
the parliament elected freely
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by the Hungarian people has
now introduced a government.
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Therefore, the government,
if I receive confidence from the
Parliament and the government is
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given confidence, will indeed be the
government of the Hungarian people.
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We know that this is the idea,
which the governments of the one-party
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system have most discredited.
Apart from the beautiful but
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short interplay of 1956,
this concept was converted
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into a lying deceitful slogan.
The new government wants to fill
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the principle of the people's
sovereignty with life and substance.
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This spirit captures the elements of
moral rebirth in the Hungarian people,
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the desire for inner and external
rebirth, the avoidance of extremes,
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tolerance, the willingness to move
forward in a calm but determined way.
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If the new government,
the government of the people,
permanently replacing the system
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of repression and implementing the
transition to the system of freedom,
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then the state and its bodies
should no longer be regarded with the same
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mistrust of the means of repression
had been.
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Therefore, now and from this place,
I turn to the Hungarian people
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to cast out decades of mistrust,
centuries-old nerves, to regard
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the institutions as their own,
those that function on their behalf,
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in their defense and in their service.
So let the Hungarian people
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stand with confidence and constructive
criticism behind their new state,
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parliament and government.
In the spirit of our third principle,
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this government wishes to be the
government of the economic revolution
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and is aware that the most difficult
tasks await it in this area.
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It is a cliché to talk about the
difficult situation of the economy,
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but we can carry out a full assessment
of the problem only then, and what
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we can now learn will be communicated
to the public of the country.
