Gyurcsány's 'we lied' Őszöd speech is leaked
On 17 September 2006 Hungarian radio broadcast a leaked recording of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány telling Socialist MPs in May that the government had lied 'morning, noon and night' about the economy; violent protests followed in Budapest.
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On 17 September 2006 Hungarian radio broadcast a leaked recording of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány telling Socialist MPs in May that the government had lied 'morning, noon and night' about the economy; violent protests followed in Budapest.
Who was responsible
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Ferenc Gyurcsány
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Gyurcsány's 'we lied' Őszöd speech is leaked. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: gyurcsany+lied · verified
- 2.bbc.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: gyurcsany+lied · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Gyurcsány's 'we lied' Őszöd speech is leaked. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gyurcsany-oszod-speech-leaked-2006-09-17
https://factrail.ai/facts/gyurcsany-oszod-speech-leaked-2006-09-17
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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