TAKING IT FURTHER: Tens of thousands of Hungarians marching across the Elisabeth Bridge during a protest against a proposed Internet tax in Budapest. Protesters are now organising themselves into an opposition party of sorts.
BUDAPEST: With Hungary’s conservative prime minister enjoying solid support and his opposition in disarray, Hungarians who united against his plan to tax the Internet believe they have created a new platform to voice dissent.
The biggest street protests since he came to power four years ago forced Orban last week to shelve the tax plan — a stunning U-turn by a man whose big parliamentary majority and popular support usually allow him to wield power unopposed.
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