The Hungarian government has published a decree to prohibit the display of symbols evoking sexual minorities on public buildings, while the Budapest pride festival begins on Friday, June 6.
The nationalist Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, who has hindered the rights of LGBT+ persons for years in the name of “Child protection”, crossed a CAP this year by adopting a law aimed at banning the march scheduled for June 28. However, it has not been formally prohibited at this stage, and preparations continue, despite legal uncertainty.
“Symbols evoking or promoting different sexual and gender orientations cannot be deployed on buildings” administrative or falling under the central bank, stipulates the decree, published late Thursday evening at Official Journal. This is a decision “Symbolic”insofar as a “Such practice” is not common, recognized the services of the Prime Minister. “This decree confirms the government's full determination to fight against LGBT+ propaganda for children, whether in crèches, schools, media or public spaces”he added in a press release.
” Ashamed “
The town hall of Budapest, in the hands of the elected ecologist Gergely Karacsony, is not concerned, it displayed the rainbow flag on Friday.
Parliament approved in mid-March a text aimed at preventing any gathering which would violate the 2021 legislation prohibiting from mentioning to minors “Homosexuality and sex change”which therefore de facto threatens pride.
Thousands of demonstrators have taken up the streets of the capital to protest this new abuse of the LGBT+community, which also arouses the concern of Brussels and many member states of the European Union (EU). A lawyer general to the EU Court of Justice said Thursday that the law of 2021 “Violated European Union law”. This opinion, supposed to shed light on the jurisdiction of Luxembourg, whose judgment is not expected for several weeks, is ” ashamed “was indignant Friday Viktor Orban.
“The freedom to spread sexual propaganda seems more important in the eyes of Brussels residents than the protection of the rights of children. It's madness! »»he writes on X.
Source: Lemonde