US EditionIn the Czech Republic, the Huge Demonstrations Are a Sign of an Increasingly Tense Cohabitation Between Pro-Europeans and Extreme Right-Wings.
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Less than fifty days after the coalition government of the Eurosceptic billionaire Andrej Babis took office, nearly 100,000 people marched to support the pro-European president, Petr Pavel.
Folk creativity was fully unleashed on a bus heading to Prague on Sunday by Wallachians heading to a demonstration in support of President Petr Pavel. To the tune of the legendary Nightingales from Madrid, they came up with their own lyrics addressing the current government policy. The demonstrators from the east of the country called the song Wallachians Stand for the President.
While protesters in Prague and several other major cities rallied behind President Petr Pavel over the weekend, the Czech economy continues to look more stable than Hungary's. The picture is increasingly looking like an unorthodox economic turnaround, but they may be able to pull it off.
An estimated tens of thousands of people took part in a Prague protest yesterday, called by the association Million Moments for Democracy in support of President Petr Pavel. Take a look at the rally, which was also in the spirit of criticism of the current government, in the photo gallery.
According to the organizers, 80,000 to 90,000 people came to the rally in support of President Petr Pavel. They filled the Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square. An independent estimate of the number of participants, which is usually made by the police, is not yet available. The event was organized by the association Million Moments for Democracy. Its chairman...
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