Orban Clashes With EU Over Pride Ban and Ukraine Accession

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the European Union’s executive to stay out of his nation’s affairs after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on authorities to revoke a ban of the Pride parade in Budapest.

The annual Pride event, which celebrates LGBTQ identity and is set to take place on Saturday in defiance of a police ban, will be a test of Orban’s crackdown before next year’s election. It’s just one of the flash points between Budapest and Brussels, with Orban’s block of Ukraine’s EU accession process a key topic at the bloc’s summit on Thursday.