Sándor Burány, Socialist chairman of the budget committee, said the tax is directed against independent media and is aimed at restricting press freedom.

Fidesz MP Gergely Gulyás told viewers of M1’s “Ma Reggel” yesterday morning that the two major commercial television stations, TV2 and RTL Klub, “cause considerable social damage” therefore he views the advertising tax as “a health tax” on those media.

More than 130 media outlets protested against the bill last week, as nationwide television channels went blank, websites also turned blank, and newspapers published blank pages in protest.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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