Tens of thousands of Hungarians protest against PM Orban’s rule
Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested on Saturday against government control over the media, which they say helped Prime Minister Viktor Orban to a landslide election victory earlier this month.
“It is not Fidesz which won the election, the opposition parties lost it,” said Viktor Mikes, a 26-year old administrator at a multinational company. He said opposition politicians should all step aside, and that new people were needed.
“We should start with a clean slate,” he said.
The election victory appears to have emboldened Orban to put more effort into his fight against the EU’s migration policies and harden his stance on NGOs that he says have been meddling in Hungary’s affairs.
In an interview on Friday on state radio Orban accused George Soros, the Budapest-born financier, of political activism in Hungary, saying his circle had supported the opposition.
“I know they won’t accept the result of the election, they will organise all sorts of things, they have unlimited financial resources,” Orban said.
“It is not Fidesz which won the election, the opposition parties lost it,” said Viktor Mikes, a 26-year old administrator at a multinational company. He said opposition politicians should all step aside.
“We should start with a clean slate,” he said.
The election victory appears to have emboldened Orban to put more effort into his fight against the EU’s migration policies and harden his stance on NGOs that he says have been meddling in Hungary’s affairs.
In an interview on Friday on state radio Orban accused George Soros, the Budapest-born financier, of political activism in Hungary, saying his circle had supported the opposition.
“I know they won’t accept the result of the election, they will organise all sorts of things, they have unlimited financial resources,” Orban said.
Source: Reuters, ABC, Press TV Tanmay The Kootneeti Team - Europe
