BUDAPEST—Thousands protested on Saturday in Budapest for a fifth day against Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government as anger deepens over tax changes that critics say will hurt small businesses. Hungarians have taken to the streets since the parliament approved a law change on Tuesday that will affect hundreds of thousands of small-sized business owners. ADVERTISEMENTThe protests are the first since Orban won a consecutive fourth term by a landslide in April. Several thousand people marched through downtown Budapest on Saturday, chanting “Orban get lost”. In his regular radio address on Friday, Orban defended the tax law change as “good and necessary”.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 17, 2022 08:54 UTC