The Hungary Parliament passed, on Tuesday (18), a law that prohibits the march of LGBTQ+ pride in the country. The parliamentarians also approved a resolution opposing the joint loan of the European Union (EU) for defense spending.
The actions take place amid the preparation of Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban for a summit in Brussels later this week.
Orban’s party, Fidesz, who owns a majority in Parliament, presented a bill on Monday (17) that would prohibit the annual march of pride, claiming that it could be considered harmful to children, and approved it in a rapid process on Tuesday.
Orban, who faces a new on -head opposition party before the 2026 elections, criticized the LGBTQ+ community and promised to repress foreign independent media financing and non -governance organizations in Hungary in recent weeks.
The legislation was criticized by the liberal mayor of Budapest, while legislators of the small opposition party Momentum lit smoke flags and spread to the Handblocks Hands Hands portraying Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin, kissing while the vote progressed.
The organizers said they planned this year’s pride march, despite the ban.
Parliament also approved a resolution opposing the joint European loan after Orban said last week that Hungary should participate in the common European defense policy and contribute to it, but should not agree with the joint loan.
The European Commission proposed earlier this month to borrow up to 150 billion euros to lend the EU governments under a rearmament plan. For approval, the proposal requires qualified majority, or the support of at least 15 of the 27 EU countries, representing at least 65% of the bloc’s population. Hungary alone cannot block the plan.
This content was originally published in Hungary approves law to ban LGBTQ+ pride march on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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