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Thousands of people demonstrated Saturday (5) in Budapest against conservative nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Protesters contest a reform adopted in December by the head of the Hungarian government, which aims to relax labor legislation.
Organized by opposition parties and trade unions, as well as NGOs, the demonstration gathered about 6,000 people in front of the Parliament, including Hungarians expatriates. The number is lower than the expectations of the organizers, who hoped to reactivate the movement after the holiday season. Before Christmas, they managed to organize ten days of demonstrations, some of which were marked by violent clashes.
Demonstrations erupted after the adoption in mid-December of a labor law. According to the text, employers can ask their employees to work up to 400 additional hours a year, that is, two months of work, payable within a maximum of three years.
The opposition also challenges the removal of a recent justice reform, which threatens to reduce the independence of judges. They also ask for more freedom for the public media in a country often criticized for its violation of the rule of law.
"We want a real change of regime: we are not against the government, but against the system as a whole," said Csaba Molnár, representative of the opposition party DK.
Viktor Orbán is often criticized for his methods of government considered repressive. The Right-wing Prime Minister, one of the few European leaders present at the inauguration ceremony of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, was elected in April thanks to a campaign focused on the repudiation of the 39; immigration.
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