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pampango

(24,692 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 11:56 AM Nov 2014

Another big protest in Hungary against the right-wing government there.

Hungarians held rallies across the country on Monday in a protest dubbed “public outrage day”.

In Budapest more than 10,000 marched accusing Prime Minister Viktor Orban of employing corrupt officials, curbing freedom of speech, failing to manage the economy and changing direction by moving away from the EU and towards Russia. It was the fifth major demonstration in a month.

One protesters said: “The corruption has become widespread in Hungary, and it is impossible to have a normal standard of living.”

Euronews’s reporter Andrea Hajagos who was in Budapest said: “While the demonstration in Budapest and other cities were going on there were also protests in several European capitals, organized by expat Hungarians..” European cities where similar rallies were held included London, Stockholm, Brussels and Berlin.

http://www.euronews.com/2014/11/18/hungarians-hold-public-outrage-day-protests/

There is a video at the link.

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