PHOTOS: Demonstrators occupied Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest again
“They are dismantling the last building stones of democracy, and we are here to protect them, but we need to exert much bigger pressure on power” to be successful, independent lawmaker Ákos Hadházy told a demonstration on the Elisabeth bridge in downtown Budapest on Wednesday.
At the closing event of a 24-hour protest, Hadházy said there was a “competition”. “Attempts to build the strongest possible power must be countered with even more determined pressure and agility,” he said.
“There must be many more of us, and we must be (here) for much longer,” he said. The police said around 8pm that the protest was over and the bridge partially reopened for traffic. During the demonstration, buses were allowed to cross the bridge using one lane in alternating directions.
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