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PM Orban says will scrap draft internet tax law
Hungaryâs Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said he was scrapping a draft Internet tax law that has sparked mass demonstrations in the central European country
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ungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said hewas scrapping a draft Internet tax law that has sparked mass demonstrations inthe central European country.
'The Internet tax cannot be introduced in its current form,' Orban said in a radio interview.
The proposed legislation was seen by critics as another attempt by the right-wing prime minister to silence dissent in the country and had led tens of thousands of demonstrators to take to the streets twice this week in protest.
Orban has said the tax law needed to be amended, and that a 'national consultation' on the Internet and taxes would be organized in January.
