Mountex will close all its stores on December 24th, but not only then, they will also be closed on Black Friday, i.e. November 24th, in order to protest against the shopping fever - the decision was made after asking the company's employees. It was also discussed at the parliament session on Monday that this date should be declared a public holiday.

"We held an internal public opinion poll on Christmas opening hours, and based on the democratic decision, we will not open our stores on December 24 this year, so that all our colleagues can spend the entire day of Christmas Eve with their loved ones," said Mihály Sárközy, the company's managing director, in the store chain's statement, which was sent to the Money Center

As we wrote earlier, the CÖF and the Egyenlő.hu trade union initiated the closure of store chains participating in the Hungarian trade on December 24, thereby ensuring that the Hungarian employees working in the trade and their family members could spend the entire holiday in peace and tranquility with their loved ones.

Lidl the first to join his initiative, followed by Rossmann .

Here is the parliament's decision on the closing of shops on December 24

According to the state secretary, there are eleven public holidays in Hungary, and the further increase in their number should also be carefully examined from the point of view of the economy's carrying capacity.

It was also discussed at the parliament session on Monday that this date should be declared a public holiday. Péter Balassa (Jobbik) said: they have been calling for Christmas Eve to be a public holiday for ten years. According to his description, Christmas Eve is a public holiday in several European countries, and according to public opinion polls, 64-83 percent of Hungarians would support it. According to him, it is a matter of choosing values, and a self-proclaimed Christian and conservative government should support this, reports MTI.

János Fónagy, the parliamentary state secretary of the Ministry of Economic Development, emphasized in his answer: All Saints' Day was declared a holiday in 2000 by Fidesz, and Good Friday in 2017 at the initiative of Fidesz-KDNP.

There are eleven public holidays in Hungary, he said, adding that the further increase in their number should also be carefully examined from the point of view of the economy's carrying capacity.

Photo: MTI / Attila Balázs