Orban’s Clash With EU Over LGBTQ Rights Spills Onto Soccer Field
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Viktor Orban
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Viktor Orban clashed with leaders in the European Union over LGBTQ rights, exposing a widening rift between Hungary’s nationalist prime minister and the rest of the bloc.
The EU’s executive signaled on Wednesday it would begin legal proceedings against Hungary over a controversial law aimed at curtailing LGBTQ content. Orban and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen traded criticism, with each calling comments from the other a “shame.”