Hungarian Students Stronger Than IMF in Pressuring Orban
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He led a self-styled economic freedom fight against the International Monetary Fund, steamrolled over parliamentary opposition to achieve the biggest consolidation of power since communism and levied the highest bank tax in Europe.
Now, Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban, 49, has stumbled against unlikely opponents: teenagers and university students, who have taken to the streets by the thousands in the past two weeks to protest cuts in state scholarships at universities. Orban relented yesterday, pledging not to reduce government aid.