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Large crowds have gathered in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, for the biggest demonstration yet in a week of protests against the government. Budapest has seen the biggest rally yet by Hungarians demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany for lying to the nation.
More than 50,000 people have filled the square outside the Hungarian parliament building. A crowd of between 20,000 and 50,000 people filled the square outside the Hungarian parliament building before the rally broke up around midnight.
They are demanding the resignation of socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany. The PM admitted in a leaked private speech that his government had lied in order to win re-election this year.
He has admitted that his government misled the public in order to win elections earlier this year. The protesters have adopted white as their symbolic colour.
Protest organisers say they will announce the start of a campaign of civil disobedience on Sunday. Rally organisers appealed to participants to add a white ribbon or wear a white item of clothing to symbolise, in their words, the need for truth and non-violence in the face of the PM's lies.
Leaked tape Mr Gyurcsany's socialist party has hit back, accusing the opposition conservative party, Fidesz, of responsibility for the protests and for the violence earlier in the week.
It is the sixth consecutive night of protests in Budapest, and the demonstrations have also spread to several provincial towns. The socialists say their government has the support of the international financial community in its efforts to push through tax increases and cut benefits.
The mayor of the city has warned about the danger of violence, and large numbers of riot police are on standby. But, after a sixth night of demonstrations, the protests appear to be gathering steam again ahead of next weekend's local elections, the BBC's Nick Thorpe reports.
Rally organisers have been distributing flowers in what they say is a symbol of their peaceful intentions. Nationalist flags
The crisis began a week ago when a leaked tape-recording revealed Mr Gyurcsany admitting to lying to win re-election for his socialist-liberal coalition government earlier this year. Demonstrations have also spread to several provincial towns.
The rally appears to have ended without serious incident
The mayor of the city has warned about the danger of violence, and large numbers of riot police have been on standby.
Rally organisers distributed flowers in what they said was a symbol of their peaceful intentions.
"Our protest will not cease until the cabinet resigns," said Tamas Molnar, one of the rally organisers.
"We want to bring down the current post-communist government."
Many of the demonstrators carried the pre-1945 Hungarian flag, a strong nationalist symbol.
On the first day of the protests, demonstrators stormed the state television building, set alight cars and vandalised the city's main Soviet war monument.