Budapest  - Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany announced Monday that his Socialist Party (MSZP) will hold an extraordinary party congress on September
27 to try to tackle the government crisis, the Hungarian MTI news agency reported Monday.

The congress will decide whether Gyurcsany will remain as prime minister in a minority government, following the failure of efforts to build a new coalition with the Liberal Party (SZDSZ).

Last week the SZDSZ thwarted Gyurcsany's efforts to reconstitute the governing coalition by rejecting government reform proposals.

The SZDSZ, which left the ruling coalition dominated by the Socialist Party (MSZP) in April, rejected Gyurcsany's amendments to the draft budget bill and tax reform measures.

Gyurcsany's government has been without an overall majority since the withdrawal of the SZDSZ. The prime minister has repeatedly said that he would offer his resignation if the measures are not passed. (dpa)