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June 05, 2008, 10:25 CET news Remembrances held on Trianon anniversary By Hungary Around the Clock The national egoism and arrogance of the Great Powers after World War I has made peaceful coexistence among the peoples living in the Carpathian Basin impossible to the present day, Fidesz caucus leader Tibor Navracsics said Wednesday in a speech marking the 88th anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon. The treaty has been a disaster, not only for Hungarians, he said during his speech in Tapolca, north of Lake Balaton. Navracsics said the referendum on December 5, 2004 could have superseded Trianon, but lack of interest by Hungarian voters and counter-propaganda by the government foiled that. The referendum on granting citizenship rights to Hungarians beyond the country's borders failed due to a turnout of less than 25%. Commemorations of the anniversary are continuing for several days throughout Hungary. Members of the paramilitary Magyar Gárda staged their own commemoration in Esztergom, where supporters of the Hungarian Self-Defence Movement and the irredentist 64 Counties Movement also participated. On Sunday Calvinist pastor Lóránt Hegedűs Jr. will give a sermon at a service in the church on Szabadság tér in which he will protest against "Israeli endeavors to occupy Hungary and oppress the Palestinian people," Népszabadság reports. A wreath is to be laid at the statue of inter-war Regent Miklós Horthy in the church vestibule.
