“I call on the Hungarian authorities to allow the Budapest Pride to go ahead without fear of any criminal or administrative sanctions against the organisers or participants”.
With just three days to go before the event, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, issued a video statement on Wednesday 25 June opposing the bill passed by the Hungarian Parliament in March, which would make it illegal to organise or take part in the Pride March.
Introduced by the...