Momentum supporters gathered on Kossuth Square to set up a “terrace” protesting the government’s “privatization” of universities. Bernadett Szél, Miklós Hajnal, and Anna Orosz spoke to a live stream about why they were there, arguing that while political gatherings are not allowed in Hungary, terraces and soccer matches can reopen.
The intention of Momentum’s gathering was not to appear as a political demonstration, but a makeshift terrace from where they could protest the Hungarian government’s “privatization” of universities. The ruling parties’ majority has transfered various state assets to “public interest asset management foundations,” removing the state’s oversight of hundreds of billions in public funds.