On Sunday, tens of thousands of protesters marched in Budapest demanding higher wages for teachers and a solution to rising inflation.
A crowd of about 80,000 gathered in central Budapest’s Kalvin Square to support teachers in the largest demonstration since 2014.
Protesters said the government had failed teachers with meager salaries, while inflation was becoming unbearable, topping at 20% in September.
The teacher salary in Hungary is the lowest among the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to data from 2021.
Earlier the same day, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán pledged to preserve economic stability and maintain a cap on household energy bills.
