MEPs on the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development (REGI) called, on Thursday 22 April, for regions that have declared themselves “LGBTI-free zones” to be barred from receiving EU funding, in an own-initiative report by Austrian MEP Monika Vana (Greens/EFA), which was adopted (23 votes in favour, 4 against and 14 abstentions).
They are thus calling on the European Commission and Member States to respect the principles of the Rule of law and to take action in case of...