Half of the world talks about the Hungarian anti-government protests

After the passing of the infamous “slave law”, tens of thousands of people marched on the streets to protest it and the Hungarian government in general. Several protests have been organised, but the biggest one was last Sunday, on 16 December. The protest made the news not only in Hungary but all over the world. 

A series of anti-government protests have started after the government passed the so-called “slave law” which drastically increases the number of legal overtime an employer can demand from its employees: the government raised the upper threshold for annual overtime from 250 to 400 hours. The first demonstration was organised on 13 December. Since then, several protests followed all over Budapest, marching on the streets and arriving at different important locations in the capital.

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These anti-government protests have been all over not only the Hungarian but the international media as well. Many world-famous journals have published articles about the Hungarian demonstrations.

Foreign media really turned their heads to the fourth and largest protest that was organised this Sunday, on 16 December.

British daily newspaper The Guardian published an article titled “Hungary’s ‘slave law’ prompts days of protest against Orbán” in which they wrote about the fourth protest that was going on in front of the state television headquarters on Sunday.

“As many as 15,000 people marched through Budapest on Sunday, ignoring subzero temperatures to register their discontent with the government. Police used pepper spray against demonstrators in a number of tense standoffs.”