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EU Commission sues Hungary over LGBTQ+ propaganda law

JULY 16, 2022

The European Commission has launched legal action against Hungary over the country’s so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda law.

The legislation banning any discussion of LGBTQ+ people in schools and in the media was passed in an near unanimous vote in June 2021.

Prime minister Viktor Orbán and his right-wing party, Fidesz, have proved to be unrelentingly hostile to Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community.

As Hungary’s leader, Orbán has also overseen the banning of same-sex adoption, the ending of legal gender recognition for trans people and the redefinition of marriage in the country’s constitution as the union between one man and one woman.

On the same day as the country’s general election, 3 April, in which Orbán secured a fourth term, he held a loaded referendum on LGBTQ+ rights, cementing his propaganda law.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/16/h ... ganda-law/

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The irony of the the Magyar migration quite possibly from east of of the Urals and definitely from at least the Urals is apparent. If we're playing a game of who is and isn't a "TVRU" European than Hungarians are one of the least European peoples in Europe.

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80,000+ March Against Far-Right Orban Government in Budapest
by Jon Queally
October 24, 2022

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(Common Dreams) Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Budapest on Sunday evening to stand in solidarity with the nation's teachers and denounce the far-right government of President Viktor Orban.

With over 80,000 marching in the demonstration it was the largest public display of dissent since Orban's reelection in April as a revolt by teachers—demanding better pay and increased funding for schools—continues.

According to Agence France-Presse:

• Since the start of the school year, teachers and high school students have staged several demonstrations in Budapest and cities nationwide, backing teachers dismissed for taking part in earlier protests.
  
  Sunday's march in Budapest was the biggest so far, and organisers pledged to keep up the pressure in the coming weeks.
  
  "Everyone in my school is exhausted at having to fight for basics like enough teachers and equipment," said 17-year-old student Anett Bodi at the demonstration.

Read more of the Common Dreams article here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022 ... budapest

Read the Agence France-Presse article here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/ ... -teachers

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They have definitely turned into a piece of Russia inside the EU.

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Hungary's president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case

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Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government.

Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message on Saturday that she would step down from the presidency, an office she has held since 2022.

Her decision came after more than a week of public outrage after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon in April 2023 to a man convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home.

“I issued a pardon that caused bewilderment and unrest for many people,” Novák said on Saturday. “I made a mistake.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hung ... 94109.html

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Tens of thousands protest in Hungary against Viktor Orbán’s government

Sat 6 Apr 2024 16.26 BST



Tens of thousands of people have turned out in downtown Budapest to protest against the government of Viktor Orbán.

Protesters marched to parliament in the unusually warm spring weather, some of them shouting “We are not scared” and “Orbán, resign”.

Many carried the Hungarian flag or wore clothing in its red, white and green colours, symbols that Orbán’s party have used as their own for the past two decades.

“These are the national colours of Hungary, not the government’s,” said Lejla, 24, who had travelled to Budapest from Sopron, a town on the country’s western border.

The march was led by Péter Magyar, 43, who was previously married to Orbán’s former justice minister Judit Varga and who plans to launch his own party.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... government