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"The uprising in the Polish town of Poznan, the first revolt against the dark dictatorship enveloping Central Europe, started fifty years ago, in June 1956. As a Hungarian MEP, I believe that it is particularly important to remember the heroes of the democratic movement in Poznan, because the Hungarian revolution in the autumn of 1956 was partly based on and inspired through solidarity with this movement.
Although the dictatorial Communist regime in Eastern Europe only collapsed a few decades later, in 1989, it is clear that the heroic self-sacrifice of several thousand Poles and Hungarians constituted the first step towards freedom. These democratic movements fighting for civil rights showed the world that the Polish and Hungarian nations' love of freedom cannot be suppressed, and that it could not be suppressed even by Soviet tanks and Communist collaborators.
Here in Europe, in the European Parliament, we are building the Europe of the future, but in order to be successful, we need to know our history well. We should not forget that fifty years ago, fundamental values such as democracy, freedom, independence and human rights were already so valuable that thousands of people were ready to sacrifice their lives for them. Only in the knowledge of these facts will we be able to appreciate the results that we have achieved together."@en1
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