At its Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) meeting in Luxembourg on Friday 9 June, the Council of the European Union did not adopt the conclusions on the security of LGBTI people. Despite the support of 25 Member States, they were eventually converted into ‘Presidency conclusions’.
According to our information, the text drawn up by the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council failed to convince Hungary and Poland. Although it was presented on two occasions to the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper 2), the Hungarian and Polish delegations preferred to leave the matter to their respective ministers (see EUROPE 13191/31).
With these conclusions, the 25 signatories undertake to step up the fight against all forms of violence, including digital violence, affecting the LGBTI community, which is under increasing threat (see EUROPE 13047/11). At the same time, they call on the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take account of respect for the fundamental rights of LGBTI people in the EU’s relations with third countries (see EUROPE 13190/4).
The conclusions: https://aeur.eu/f/7el (Original version in French by Hélène Seynaeve)