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Macedonia now faces problems as its recent change of government brought wholesale personnel changes at every level of public service. Hungarians know this happens in the EU too. Democracy is as much the spirit as the letter. In swathes of Africa, elections can be simple tallies of each tribes size. This is echoed in Hungary by two bitterly-divided political camps. The risk is not to the parties, but to a young system. Boycotting Parliament, the heart not of the government but of the democratic system, is an infantile gesture and a dangerous one, directly encouraging rioting by delegitimising not the Socialists but Hungarys system of government. Implicit parallels to 1956 contain implicit undertones that only violence can remove the government. This subversive message meets an appalling amount of knowing nods. So, its worth repeating, loudly, that todays socialists may be the communists political inheritors, but today is not anything remotely anything like 1956, when Prime Minister Gyurcsny wasnt even born. This is a democratically-elected government, which retains the support of a large minority of Hungarians. Blairs support today is around 29%. Those that disagree with the government can freely do so in the press, on tv, by peacefully demonstrating on the streets or working through political parties all without fear of arrest or torture. If a few of Gyurcsnys parliamentary colleagues deserted him, the government would fall. Suddenly, Hungary has captured Europes interest. It is not the only country to see recent riots: Frances last year were bigger and more prolonged; even Ireland had its main shopping street destroyed by IRA hooligans. But the hard-boiled background of economic problems is worrisome in what was a strong reformer. When things bode ill, as when they were good, Hungary is emblematic of the whole region. A desperate need for economic reform, widespread resistance to it, deep exposure to devaluation, an increasingly polarised society, economically and politically, a weak government and a samsonesque opposition, determined to win at any cost: the perfect storm ? 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