Gyurcsany not to drop cooperation deals for municipal elections

Ferenc Gyurcsany, head of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), said on Monday his party would not terminate cooperation agreements with other opposition parties signed ahead of Hungary's municipal elections scheduled for autumn. Gyurcsany said Sunday's European parliamentary election demonstrated that comprehensive cooperation between parties of the opposition could "free nearly all districts in Budapest and many cities from the grip of (ruling) Fidesz".