BUDAPEST, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The Socialist-led government will create a strong Left and a strong Hungary to further the causes of the nation, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said in his May Day address Tuesday.

    Gyurcsany, who became the Socialist party chairman earlier this year, addressed a crowd attending his party's May Day festival in Budapest's city park.

    The government "would advance and triumph," Gyurcsany said, adding that it would bravely encounter all attacks by the opposition.

    "Those who believe that a dashing attack would be enough to put us to flight simply do not understand the Left," the prime minister said.

    Additionally, Gyurcsany expressed thanks to those who were loyal to the Left even after the trials and tribulations of the past year.