http://ppt.cc/L09m 英國衛報的報導 點開有上萬鄉民示威圖
http://ppt.cc/kdk- 補張示威圖
http://ppt.cc/qGoZ 總是不缺席的V怪客
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched against a plan by the Hungarian
government to tax internet use from 2015.
上萬匈牙利鄉民上街頭示威抗議2015年要開徵的網路稅
The rally, the second in three days over the scheme, is also seen as a sign
of growing discontent among mostly younger Hungarians over the prime
minister, Viktor Orbán’s policies that critics say are centralising power
and increasing the role of the state, to the detriment of private enterprise.
年輕的匈牙利鄉民越來越不爽總理歐爾班的集權
In April, Orbán’s governing party, Fidesz, won its second consecutive
two-thirds majority and he began his third four-year term as prime minister.
Since 2010 the EU has expressed concerns over what it sees as Hungary’s
failure to respect European democratic standards, while Washington and others
have criticised new laws regulating everything from the media to churches.
The Orbán government has also been reproached for intimidating independent
civic groups, including corruption watchdogs and minority advocates, and for
its efforts to deepen ties with Russia.
今年四月歐爾班以三分之二的選票贏得第三個四年任期
2010年歐盟就開始很擔憂
歐爾班修憲讓民主倒退、控制媒體、恐嚇公民團體以及跟俄羅斯走很近
On Tuesday night, protesters outside the economy ministry in Budapest called
on Orbán to withdraw the plan to force internet service providers to pay 700
forints (￡1.80) per individual subscriber a month and 5,000 forints per
business subscriber. There are concerns that the tax will not be absorbed by
the internet providers, as the government claims.
禮拜二晚上開始鄉民開始包圍布達佩斯經濟部 要政府收回方案
方案是每個鄉民收月費七百福林(一點八英鎊或是九十台幣)
商業公司收五千福林(約六百五台幣)
“The ideal amount of the internet tax is not 700 or 5,000 forints but
exactly zero,” web entrepreneur Zsolt Varady told the rally, which was
estimated by local media to have been attended by between 35,000 and 40,000
people.
網路創業企業鄉民代表說重點不在七百或五千福林 而是應該是零
他估計出來抗議的鄉民有三萬五到四萬
Initially, the tax was set to be 150 forints per gigabyte of internet
traffic, but Fidesz said it would set a cap on the levy.
早先的規畫是每1G流量徵稅150福林(19台幣)
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán
The EU and others have accused the government of Viktor Orbán of failing to
respect European democratic standards. Photograph: Laszlo Baloch/Reuters
The government, which announced the proposal last week before any
consultations with industry groups or even Fidesz MPs, gave several
explanations for the measure: it was meant to complement a tax on phone
calls, as people were increasingly using the internet to make calls; it would
take a slice from telecoms firms’ allegedly large profits; and the new
revenues would help to improve internet access in rural areas.
匈牙利政府說沒有啦
這些徵稅是要從那些賺飽飽的電信公司中擠出一些利潤來改善鄉間通訊
Ryan Heath, a spokesman for the EU’s digital commissioner, Neelie Kroes,
said the internet tax was “bad in principle” and could hinder economic
growth.
歐盟代表幹譙說網路稅是個壞東西也會阻礙經濟成長
“Hungary is below the EU average in virtually every single digital indicator
and the digital part of the economy is probably the main thing keeping Europe
out of recession right now. So taxing that ... is a particularly bad idea,”
he told reporters in Brussels.
你匈牙利實質上已經是歐盟後段班了
而數位創新大概是歐盟要擺脫經濟衰退的最主要方式 你匈牙利政府還來個網路稅.....
The European commission also fears the plan would be copied by others.
歐盟執委會很擔心這個計畫會被其他國家學去
“If Hungary becomes a precedent in this instance, it can become a problem in
a lot of other member states and can be a problem for Europe’s wider
economic growth,” Heath said.
匈牙利要是開了這個先例，很可能會被其他國家學去並且阻礙宏觀的歐盟經濟成長
Protesters vowed to continue the rallies – which have also been held in
several other cities in Hungary and at some Hungarian embassies in EU
countries – until the government withdraws the tax plan.
示威者說他們會撐下去繼續集會，直到政府收回這方案
而匈牙利國內也有好幾個城市爆發示威 數國的匈牙利大使館也被抗議
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