Several of the demands of the nascent opposition concerning national defence -- for instance the de-communizing of the armed forces, the disbanding of the Workers' Militia or the departure of Soviet troops from Hungarian territory -- had already been formulated in 1987-88. At the outset, even the reform wing of the HSWP strictly opposed such ideas, but with the momentum of events gradually endorsed them, and even implemented some of them.
Le mouvement a atteint son point culminant avec les pourparlers entamés en 1989, entre l'opposition démocratique émergente et le parti socialiste ouvrier hongrois (PSOH) au pouvoir.