Overview

• More than 200,000 people joined the march, making it the largest Pride event in Hungary’s history without major incidents.
• Mayor Gergely Karácsony leveraged municipal autonomy to sponsor the parade and circumvent the national prohibition.
• Hungarian police installed facial-recognition cameras along the route and warned of fines or legal action against participants.
• Extremist Patria Nostra militants briefly blocked the Szabadsag Bridge but withdrew without triggering clashes.
• The European Commission’s Article 7 procedure over rule-of-law concerns continued as Ursula von der Leyen and dozens of EU politicians took part in the march.