Both the governing party and the opposition parties held demonstrations with leading politicians speaking on the 57th anniversary of the 1956 uprising against the Stalinist regime. All speeches were geared towards next spring's elections.

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and three of his associates began a week-long hunger strike in frpnt of Parlaiment in a protest against the Orbán government’s plans to reform the election system by requiring advance voter registration.

Former Hungarian premier Ferenc Gyurcsány - and several Members of Parliament who chained themselves outside parliament in an anti-government protest - were detained Friday among 26 demonstrators, police announced.