Hungary 'slave law' protesters target national TV
It is Christmastime. But in breathtakingly beautiful Budapest, it is no time for festivities as thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets for a fourth consecutive day, defying freezing temperatures. Protesters walked almost eight kilometers on Monday evening to Hungary's national television station to voice their anger about how the channel was reporting on the protests which were sparked by parliament's adoption of two controversial laws. One is about the extension of possible overtime working hours from 250 to 400 per year, and second creates new administrative courts, which protesters contend would not be impartial. Political leaders addressed the crowd in front of the TV building. Andras Fekete-Gyor, president of the political party "Momentum", was among them. "In this very moment, Orban's propaganda is lying, paid for by our money," Andras Fekete-Gyor, president of the Momentum political party, told cheering protesters in a reference to Prime Minister Viktor Orban. "In this very moment, they say about us on TV that we are criminals and hooligans." |
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