Overview

• Paris Pride drew thousands on June 28 under the slogan “contre l’internationale réactionnaire” despite a €25,000 subsidy withdrawal by Île-de-France.
• Police kept the right-wing Eros collective isolated from the Paris procession to prevent clashes and ensure the march proceeded as planned.
• Budapest’s municipal government maintained its banned Pride as an official event, attracting over 200,000 participants in defiance of Prime Minister Orbán’s prohibition.
• Hungarian authorities installed facial recognition cameras along the Budapest route and warned of fines up to €500 or prison for participants, though no mass arrests occurred.
• More than 70 MEPs and representatives from 33 countries joined Budapest Pride in a show of EU solidarity against restrictive regimes.