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I don't know about "etc.", but indeed he seems to keep on to his referendum line on free higher education and healthcare. He reportedly put that in this context:

"Sokaknak fog fájni": Orbán Viktor 2 év kőkemény megszorításra készül"It will hurt many people": Viktor Orbán prepares for 2 years of stone-hard austerity [measures]
Majdani kormányfőként továbbra is az aktívakra akar támaszkodni, a vállalkozókra a középrétegekre, az inaktívak közül pedig olyanokat emelne be, akiket az állami szerepvállalással, az ingyenes felsőoktatással és az ingyenes egészségüggyel meg tud tartani, a márciusi népszavazáson igennel szavazók közül. Az egészségügyről egyébként azt mondta: átalakítanák a jelenlegi rendszert, de az még dilemma, hogy a hozzájárulást adóvá vagy járulékká alakítsák-e át.As future PM, [Orbán] wants to continue with reliance on those active [in the labour force], the middle class; and of the inactives, he would include those from among the Yes voters in the March referendum, whom he can hold to with state ..., free higher education and free healthcare. For that matter, on healthcare, he said: they would change the present system, but it is still a dilemma whether the contributions should be modified into a tax or a contribution.

I haven't yet made up my mind on the significance of the last part.

At any rate, I do hope that that "enormous swing to the left within electorate" you note [was it a swing at all? wasn't the majority 'there' already?] will be sustained, will prove Orbán wrong, and he [or someone else] will have a difficult time selling policies that hurt as necessary to right the economy.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 04:53:27 AM EST
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Er, forgot, I was struggling to find the right equivalent for one term:

whom he can hold to with state ...

state engagement/government involvement.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 05:13:08 AM EST
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I was unable to find an adequate term like "state engagement/involvement", this was the reason of my "etc."...:)
"I haven't yet made up my mind on the significance of the last part." Just like me.
"wasn't the majority 'there' already?]"
Definitely yes. But this majority is growing. - And let me put a smiley here :) -
Much depends on the Hungarian Left. I mean those people who are not part of the terminally ill "left-liberal" establishment. The situation is "open".
by Dr Minorka on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 08:04:56 AM EST
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I was unable to find an adequate term like "state engagement/involvement", this was the reason of my "etc."...:)

I read that line to mean that "state engagement/involvement" is not an extra point but pertinent to higher education and healthcare, with a "," used where a ":" would have been clearer. Could be wrong.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 08:54:54 AM EST
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I interpreted it as a rejection of the much propagated principle of self-reliance. But of course could be wrong, too.
by Dr Minorka on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 09:12:48 AM EST
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