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"en.20061023.15.1-058"2
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"50 years ago today, revolution broke out in Hungary. The site of the first battle in the nascent struggle for freedom from Soviet oppression took place at the headquarters of Hungarian Radio. The rebels knew that, in addition to force, the system was built first and foremost upon lies. The symbol of those lies was the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, namely state radio. The battle ended with the victory of the revolutionaries, and therefore the radio station was able to broadcast the words that would later become a catchphrase: 'We lied at night, we lied during the day, we lied on every wavelength.'
Force and lies: these are what kept communism alive in Hungary, and these were the building blocks of oppression in the rest of the Soviet bloc as well. Although the Hungarian Revolution was crushed by the overpowering columns of tanks that rolled into the country, today we know that the events in Budapest, Prague and Gdansk did not happen in vain, and that the victims did not give their lives in vain. Thanks to them, Europe today is free and united.
However, in order to make sure that no system on our continent will ever be built on force and on lies again, we must remember. It is for this reason that my fellow Members and I have launched an initiative to make 4 November, the anniversary of the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution, a day of remembrance for the victims of communism in Europe."@en1
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