Overview
- Organizers put turnout between roughly 200,000 and 250,000 at Letná, making it the largest anti-government rally since 2019.
- Protesters objected to planned defense spending cuts and proposed changes to public broadcaster funding that critics say would erode media independence.
- Speakers warned that a proposed foreign‑agents‑style registration law for NGOs could be used to restrict civil society.
- The Babiš-led coalition with Freedom and Direct Democracy and Motorists for Themselves has moved policy rightward, including rejecting EU financial aid for Ukraine and opposing EU migration and environment policies.
- Parliament recently refused to lift Babiš’s immunity, delaying a potential trial until 2029, and declined to allow prosecution of Speaker Tomio Okamura, with organizers vowing more protests.