Anti-government protest takes place in Prague

Several thousand people gathered on Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Saturday afternoon to protest against the government. The event is organised by the non-parliamentary PRO party and the allied association Czech Republic against Poverty.

The main demonstration organiser, lawyer and founder of the PRO party, Jindřich Reichl, stated the demonstrators are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government, which he described as anti-social and anti-Czech. He also rejected the adoption of a common European currency, the European Union's climate policy and the planned ban on internal combustion engines.

Among the speakers was Senator Jana Zwyrtek Hamplová and deputy head of the Social Democratic Party, Michal Hašek, who greeted the demonstrators on behalf of the former head of state, Miloš Zeman. The protest follows on three demonstrations organised by the same group last year.