Hungarian Prime Minister announces referendum to validate tax … – Daily News – Lisbon

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, announced today one
 “National referendum” in January to decide the rate of
 use of the internet, a subject that has caused several demonstrations
 of protest.

“The tax on the internet can not be applied in
  its current form (…) Nothing can be validated in the circumstances
 current, “explained the leader in Hungarian public radio interview
 announcing a referendum in January.

On Sunday, more
 ten thousand people demonstrated in Budapest against the intention of
 government to introduce a tax on the use of internet,
 considering it a “retrograde idea”

The rate announcement -. in
 worth 150 forints (50 cents) per gigabyte of data
 transferred – was made by Minister of Economy,

Mihaly Varga

A.
  measure contained in the budget for 2015 of one of the countries most
 indebted EU, would take effect next year and
 would raise around € 60 million per year.