 In 2011 the city council of Gyömrö decided to change the name of Szabadság tér (Freedom square) to Horthy tér.The proposal for the name change originated from the representative of the Jobbik party, the Hungarian radical nationalist party.The decision of the city council to adopt the name of Horthy for the square was widely criticised in Hungary because of Horthy’s connections with Nazi Germany and his responsibility for the discrimination and persecution of in particular Hungarian Jews and Roma On January 6, 2012 a referendum was organised about the city council’s decision.