Czech Protesters Gather to Demand PM Babis’s Fall

Czech Protesters Gather to Demand PM Babis’s Fall
More then one hundred thousand people take part in a rally demanding the resignation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Jun. 4, 2019 on the Venceslas Square in Prague. Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images
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PRAGUE—Tens of thousands of Czechs hit the streets on June 4 to demand the resignation of billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis over alleged conflicts of interest and an investigation over a decade-old EU subsidy for his businesses.

Organizers estimated at the start of the protest on Prague’s central Wenceslas Square that 120,000 had turned out, making it one of the largest demonstrations since the Velvet Revolution ended communist rule in 1989.