The leading opposition party in Hungary has started to get awkward with the government over a certain number of important policy issues. It has, for instance, demanded that the government explain what is going on in the former Soviet military base at Taszar, where some 3,000 Iraqis are currently undergoing secret training. Now they have also blocked a vote which would allow the US to use Hungarian roads, railways and airspace for transporting military equipment towards the Middle East. Fidesz has said it first wants to know whether any shipments to Turkey are linked to the impending attack on Iraq, which is opposed by more than 80% of the Hungarian population. Since four-fifths of deputies must approve the necessary waiver, the vote failed to go through.

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