On November 15, an estimated 350,000 to 450,000 protesters gathered on Prague’s Letná Plain in what organizers describe as the Czech Republic’s largest demonstration since the 1989 Velvet Revolution. Organized by the group One Million Moments for Democracy, the massive rally—which briefly overwhelmed the capital’s public transit system—protested Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government plan to abolish public broadcasting fees in favor of direct state budget financing and cut funding by over 15%. Critics, including thousands of students and journalists, warn the reform threatens the editorial independence of Czech Television and Czech Radio, prompting monitoring from the European Commission, while government officials like Foreign Minister Petr Macinka dismissed the organizers’ motives.
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