An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.

2006 protests in Hungary
Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006
Hungarian Socialist Party
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Ferenc Gyurcsány's speech in Balatonőszöd in May 2006