Socialists call on government to stop blocking popular vote on Sunday shopping

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party has called on the government to stop blocking attempts to hold a referendum on restricted Sunday shopping.

Roland Marton, the party’s deputy leader, told a news conference on Sunday that in December several million citizens had demonstrated their objection to the restrictions by going out to shop on Sunday.

This confirms surveys on the subject showing that 73 percent of the population would like to be able to shop on the last day of the week.

He said the biggest problem in Hungary is “disastrously low pay”. And due to the extra hours the employees put in, they have very little free time, Marton said, adding that this was the reason that Hungarian families find that Sunday shopping is one of the last remaining activities they can do together. “Of course the millionaire politicians [of the ruling party] simply don’t get this,” he said.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters