Slovaks Demonstrated Against the New Consolidation Package | českénoviny.cz

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The day before yesterday, on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, that little piece of Bratislava had a completely different face. The kind that befits a day of rest. People on sun-drenched benches and seemingly carefree. But on the day of the protest, September 16, they certainly don't seem that way. After all, it would be strange if they did. The face of Freedom Square changed from peaceful and festive to an angry and disappointed one.

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Some members of the Slovak government today criticized Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan for participating in a demonstration organized by the Slovak opposition in Bratislava on Tuesday against the proposal of a new consolidation package by the cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Fico. In the Czech Republic, Senator Jana Mračková Vildumetzová for ANO criticized Rakušan's participation in the demonstration, for example.

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Several other opposition parties also joined the action. Opposition politicians mentioned the possibility of declaring a general strike on November 17, when the country commemorates the anniversary of the fall of the communist regime in the former Czechoslovakia in 1989. "Slovaks are fed up with this. We have had enough. They are laughing in our faces," said PS chairman Michal Šimečka from a podium in the Slovak capital. He added that Czech Depu…

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In more than ten cities in Slovakia, people protested against the new consolidation package proposed by the government of Robert Fico. Czech Interior Minister and chairman of the STAN movement Vít Rakušan also came to support the protesters.

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Bratislava - People in Slovakia protested today against the proposal of a new consolidation package by the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico, which will particularly burden employees and self-employed people. The demonstration in Bratislava, where according to organizers 18,000 people gathered, and in more than a dozen other cities across the country was called by the strongest opposition movement Progressive Slovakia (PS). Several other …