HUNGARY-POLITICS-PROTEST

An elderly man shouts an anti-governemnt slogan at the State Opera House of Budapest as tens of thousands protest against Hungary's new constitution, which critics say curbs democracy, while the governing centre-right government celebrated the new law at a gala event, on January 2, 2012. Protesters denounced the government of Viktor Orban, with the socialist MSZP, the green-leftist LMP and former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's DK taking part in the rally. Politicians were not allowed to take the stage. AFP PHOTO / PETER KOHALMI