Hungarian union launches signature drive for December 24th public holiday referendum

The Hungarian trade union KASZK is actively collecting signatures for a national referendum aimed at establishing December 24th as a public holiday. The initiative is currently in its signature-gathering phase, with a deadline of September 4th to secure the required 200,000 supporting signatures.

Karsai Zoltán, the president of the Trade Union of Commercial Employees (KASZK), expressed confidence in the ongoing signature collection, noting the significant number of petitions being filled. However, he refrained from providing specific estimates on whether the target number of signatures would be met by the deadline.

The union has also prepared contingency plans should the signature drive fall short of its goal. This referendum initiative resonates with a previous campaign promise made by Hungarian politician Péter Magyar, who had explicitly pledged support for making December 24th a holiday during his campaign.