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Hungarians protest for second day against tax overhaul

Demonstrators take part in an anti-governmental protest after a move by the Hungarian government to tighten a favourable tax rate offered to small businesses, in Budapest, Hungary July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus

Several thousand Hungarians protested against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government outside parliament on Wednesday in the second day of anti-government rallies after lawmakers fast-tracked legislation sharply raising taxes for small firms.

An hours-long blockade of a bridge in Budapest on Tuesday failed to derail the approval of a motion by nationalist Orban's government to increase the tax rate for hundreds of thousands of small businesses.

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