Overview
- Paris march went ahead under the slogan "contre l'internationale réactionnaire" to denounce global reactionary forces despite the withdrawal of €25,000 in regional funding
- Inter-LGBT, a coalition of fifty associations, coordinated the Paris Pride and threatened to halt the procession if the far-right identitarian group Eros took part
- Budapest Pride defied a police ban imposed under Viktor Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and drew an estimated 200,000 participants in a show of solidarity
- Hungarian authorities installed facial-recognition cameras and warned of fines up to €500, yet refrained from violent repression as more than 70 Members of the European Parliament joined the demonstration
- Organizers and participants framed both marches as a unified stand against state-led restrictions and far-right infiltration across Europe