Hungary protested against the “slave law”

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Hungary experienced the largest protests of the last few years. Trigger a worker-hostile law. But the demonstrators, far more. The Orbán government suspects a conspiracy.

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Protest against overtime law in Hungary

It is a protest wave, as Hungary has long been absent: For days, thousands of Hungarians demonstrate against the social policy of the Orbán-government and against the anti-democratic transformation of their country. The police went in the past few days, some with great brutality and massive tear-gas operations against protesters, after there had been only isolated skirmishes with the forces. Dozens of people, also innocent bystanders, were arrested – many released only after twelve hours or more.

On Sunday, a big rally, had called in addition to opposition parties, the Hungarian trade unions was held, initially peacefully. But late Sunday evening, the police again used tear gas against protesters as they besieged the building of public broadcasting. A group of members of Parliament who have free access to the broadcasting building, called in on Monday night, in vain, to be allowed to in the news broadcast live is a Petition recited. They continued their protest action in the radio building on Monday. A demonstrating member of Parliament, however, was thrown violently out of the building, although this is in accordance with applicable law, among other things, because of the parliamentary immunity, is inadmissible.

Workers are disenfranchised more

The trigger for the wave of protest in the Public domain as a “slave law” known amendment to the labour law, which was passed last week in Parliament. The law increases the annually available number of Overtime hours of employees from 250 to 400. At the same time, employers are allowed with the payment of Overtime for three years instead of one year. The change in the law had been passed against massive Protest from the unions, the Opposition and civil organisations. At the time of the vote, it came to riots, because the Opposition had occupied the Podium of the President of Parliament.

Although Viktor Orbán and his government had the labor and tax law many years ago, was strongly in favour of corporate reform – such as the right to strike is severely restricted, and companies pay in Hungary and as low taxes as anywhere else in the EU – protests against it but there were hardly any. The trade unions are weak and politically fragmented. Most of the opposition parties do Not deal with socio-political issues only on the margins, non-government organizations have focused in past years mainly on the issue of the erosion of the rule of law.

Frustration with the situation in the country

However, in the “slave law” now seems to be the displeasure of a part of the Hungarian Public to join. In fact, it rolls great social problems created by Orbán’s System, in such a way as to workers, the many as an outrageous and humiliating experience: In Hungary, a massive work shortages, due to the strong out-migration, which in turn is in large part a consequence of the Frustration of many of Hungary with Orbán’s policies.

Also in Parliament was protesting against the new labour law

In the last eight years, around 600,000 mostly well-educated citizens have emigrated from Hungary, because of overwhelming dominates political climate, education and health to the part of extremely poor and under-funded, organized, and private enterprises are, in large measure, by the favor of the government. The massive shortage of labour wants to fight the government now seem to be simple with the increase of the permissible Overtime.

More than just a “slave law”

But the protests more than just the “slave-law”. At the same time, was adopted, therefore, a law on the establishment of a new administrative jurisdiction. It is a new branch of the court system, which is different than the current courts, largely under the control of the Ministry of justice. For the government of important or sensitive cases should be given when necessary to the new administrative courts, by which the independence of the judiciary in the country is further eroded.

Other laws seems to have in recent times, Public resentment accumulated. Thus, it was forbidden in September, homelessness in Hungary is quasi -, the so-called “life-leading” stay in public space is prohibited. It is a very broad provision, with the homeless people in residential homes are forced to be. Surveys in Hungary show that many people condone in the country, such an approach against the homeless.

Victor Orbán (left) has granted Nicola Gruevski asylum

As well as for displeasure provided, that of the former Macedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski, who was convicted of corruption by law to a prison sentence, received in Hungary, in summary proceedings, asylum, and now like in luxury restaurants feeds, such as independent media revealed. A new survey suggests that a majority of Hungary also holds a total of corruption in the country for a bigger Problem than the danger posed by Migration, the summon Orbán and his government again and again up.

How long the protests will continue, is unclear. Opposition parties have also called for the coming days to protest rallies. The Orbán government responded in their own way: they were initiated by the US stock market billionaire George Soros, and behind him the forces and the people of Hungary with migrants wanted to flood, it said. Moreover, provocateurs and foreign offenders would participate in the protests. The aim is for Hungary to be appreciated abroad.