EU collapse not Islamic Iran: People demonstrate in Hungary, burn Euro flag

A large group of people in Hungary demonstrated against the country’s European Union membership and burned the euro flag.

Up to 2,000 people were seen shouting “exit, exit” and other anti-EU slogans at the rally of the Movement For a Better Hungary (Jobbik) party.

Saturday’s protest came just days after the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said European subsidies destined for Hungary could be suspended starting next year if the government doesn’t rework plans to cut its budget deficit.

Additionally, the Commission has expressed concerns about a new constitution and related laws it says threaten the independence of the Central Bank, the judiciary, media and even religious life.

At Saturday’s rally, however, organizers said the EU undermined Hungary’s sovereignty.

Two Jobbik parliamentarians set an European Union flag on fire during the protest in front of the European Commission offices in Budapest.

“This week the EU declared war on Hungary in a very harsh and open way,” Csanad Szegedi, a Jobbik member of the European Parliament told a crowd of about 2,000 demonstrators.

Jobbik President Gabor Vona suggested to reporters there was an EU-led-conspiracy against Hungary.

“What the Hungarian government got from Brussels and the European Commission…is not a little knock or a smack, but a kick in the head, while we are on the ground,” he said.