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Hungary Defends Pride Ban as Budapest Plans Saturday Parade with EU Support

Ursula von der Leyen has urged Hungarian authorities to drop their child-protection rationale in defense of EU core values.

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Ein Arbeiter bereitet ein Regenbogenplakat mit dem Logo des Budapester Rathauses in der Innenstadt der ungarischen Hauptstadt vor.

Overview

  • A March law and subsequent constitutional amendment bar LGBTQ+ gatherings deemed harmful to minors, underpinning police orders to forbid the June 28 event.
  • Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned of fines up to €500 and up to one year’s imprisonment for organizers but said police would not use force to disperse participants.
  • Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has reclassified the march as a municipal freedom festival to sidestep the prohibition.
  • About 70 EU parliamentarians and Equality Commissioner Hadja Lahbib plan to attend in solidarity and affirm the right to peaceful assembly.
  • The European Commission is weighing infringement procedures and possible Article 7 action over Hungary’s breach of nondiscrimination and assembly rights.