Student organisation United Student Front and other organisations staged a demonstration against the new law on teachers’ career paths on Friday evening. The protesters gathered at Margaret Bridge and moved to Kossuth Lajos Square near Parliament where a stage had been set up and they placed the flag of the teachers’ trade union PDSZ there. Several opposition politicians and activists joined the protest, including Bence Tordai of Parbeszed, Ágnes Kunhalmi of the Socialists, independent MP Ákos Hadházy and student activist Lili Pankotai.
Activist of the Tanítanék (I want to teach) movement Katalin Törley said they had experienced “oppression” and “revenge by way of the law on teachers”. Protests held in the past had produced barely any results, except the joining of forces between teachers, students and parents and international attention, she added.