Standing in the rain, in front of the Opera house, attending an anti-governmental demonstration already on 2nd day of the year 2015? Crazy Hungarians. 2015 for Budapest started with a public demonstration in front of the State Opera House in Andrassy Avenue on the 2nd of January at 6 p.m. Their common cause is to build up a new generation in politics based on participatory democracy and they refuse being a satellite of any existing party in Hungary.
Director of the Institute Eötvös Károly, Bernadette Somody came with her son, who was probably the person who most enjoyed the event.8 speakers told the public their reason of being there and the causes they want to fight for.
First speaker, was quit brief. Zsolt Várady, expert in social media announced that his new website new website helping civil organizations to function in participatory democracy will be son launched.
He outlined the importance of waking society consciousness, asking questions and admitting that the state is not supposed to think instead of citizens.
Organizers of the current series of demonstrations emphasize that their objective is to change the basic attitude in politics and regularly call parties to leave their symbols at home. So did they this time.
But some anti-European demonstrators appeared.
As this was a pro-European demonstration, riot police took measures to separate these young men waiving an EU flag with a big NO in the middle. 
Following Zsolt Várady, director of the Institute Eötvös Károly, Bernadette Somodyspoke about the importnace of a good constitution that is "able to protect itself".
Tessza Udvarhelyi cultural anthropologist born and raised in the capital in a well off family and Zsolt Csizi former worker at Miskolc steel factory now unemployed and homeless in Budapest both appreciate working together for their common causes: housing, democracy and solidarity.
Gábor Vágó, a former deputee of the Green party LMP told that the current government is doomed to fail, but it is not enough to criticize the current system, it is time to build another, spending time and money on building it. He told it is not enough to share an event, or an article on facebook.
