The Hungarian government has announced that it will take action against the government’s decision to ban the use of the Internet in the country, according to a European Commission report published today, AFP reports.

An AFP reporter estimated around 8,000 people demanding better working conditions for teachers in a solidarity demonstration organized by students.

“Pay our teachers! There is no future without them,” reads one of the posters.

According to the latest official data, the number of unfilled teaching positions in primary and secondary schools in Hungary increased from 7,000 in 2014 to 35,000 in 2019.

“Teachers’ working conditions are humiliating. It’s no wonder that few people want to become a teacher these days,” 22-year-old student Orsola Udvari told AFP.

Teachers also complain that they were excluded from state support for other groups, such as pensioners and doctors, before Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term in April.

The government says it will only be able to meet the teachers’ demands after the European Union provides billions of euros in pandemic stimulus, which are still blocked.

Budapest received 5.8 billion euros, but its spending plan has not yet been approved by Brussels due to suspicions of corruption.