Overview

• Tens of thousands of participants, including at least 70 MEPs and Commissioner Hadja Lahbib, are gathering in defiance of a police order banning the march.
• Mayor Gergely Karacsony declared Pride a municipal event to bypass the national prohibition without seeking police approval.
• Justice Minister Bence Tuzson warned diplomats and participants that fines of up to €500 and up to one year in prison for organizers will be enforced under the child-protection statute.
• Prime Minister Viktor Orban ruled out violent dispersal by police but reaffirmed that legal repercussions will follow any breach of the ban.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other EU leaders have called on Hungary to lift the prohibition and respect freedom of assembly.