Photo Gallery Hungarian Protests Wane
Ever since the first night, when violent protesters raided the offices of the state television station, Budapest police have maintained a large presence in front of the parliament building in the Hungarian capital.
A protestor, covered in a Hungarian flag, sleeps outside the parliament building in Budapest on Sunday night. Thousands showed up to the demonstration, but the numbers have been dwindling.
The crowd is still demanding that Prime Minister Gyurcsany resign from his post after he admitted to lying about the state of the Hungarian economy to get re-elected.
Riot police have been careful to not let things get out of hand. A number of right-wing extremists have used the protests as an excuse for violence.
A hole in the Hungarian flag, a symbol of the 1956 revolution quashed by the Soviets, flies in front of the parliament building in Budapest.
Every night, masses of people have been coming to the square in front of Hungary's parliament building in Budapest to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany.
The prime minister has refused to step down, telling SPIEGEL in an interview over the weekend that the protests have not weakened him.
