Grósz Károly útja Makón át Aradra

Abstract

On August 28, 1988, Prime Minister Károly Grósz, Secretary General of the MSZMP, sat down with Nicolae Ceausescu, a Romanian communist dictator in Arad; the outcome of the discussion is well known: „Arad” has become synonymous with failure in diplomatic history. The public faced the fiasco when, after the meeting, Grósz gave an interview to Hungarian Television in Hungarian territory in Szeged. Before the meeting in Arad, Károly Grósz was victorious in political terms; however, after this failure, he loses public battles after public battles. The Prime Minister and Secretary General is on the slope after an interview in Szeged following „Arad”, from where there was no coming back for him. Károly Grósz was greeted by a cheering crowd in Makó on the way back after the negotiations. People did not know at the time that the discussions had failed. The passage of Károly Grósz in Makó was just a historical flash. In this study, we attempt to outline the elements of this event and the background to this fleeting moment.