EU Nations Demand Hungary Reverse Its Anti-LGBTQ Legislation
A demonstrator holds a rainbow flag as participants protest against the policy of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in front of the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on May 1.
Photographer: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty ImagesEuropean Union member states demanded that Hungary reverse its most recent anti-LGBTQ legislation, and called on the bloc’s executive to take action if Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government fails to do so.
The joint statement, signed by 17 EU members including France and Germany, was published after Hungarian police on Monday for the first time cited a new constitutional amendment to ban an LGBTQ march called by local human rights groups.