Several EU countries will ask the European Commission to intervene according to the new anti-LGBTQ measures in Hungary: “We are deeply alarmed by these developments”
Viktor Orban PHOTO: Kay Nietfeld / DPA / Profimedia
Several European countries are expected to issue a common statement expressing their “deep concern” to the Hungarian legislation against LGBTQ+, according to a project consulted by Reuters Monday.
The Budapest Parliament has adopted in March a law that prohibits the annual Pride march and allows the police to use facial recognition cameras to identify the participants. In April, a modification of the Constitution was voted by, by which Hungary officially recognizes only two sexes: male and female.
“We are deeply alarmed by these evolutions, which contravene the fundamental values of human dignity, freedom, equality and respect for human rights,” is stated in the statement signed by countries such as the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden.
The information occurs before a periodic hearing scheduled on Tuesday, during which the Ministers of the European Union will discuss the risk of a serious violation by Hungary of the values of the Community Bloc.
The government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been in power since 2010, has been repeatedly in conflict with the European Union and with the Member States regarding democratic standards, minority and foreign policy rights.
Critics have accused Viktor Orban of undermining the principles of the rule of law, an accusation rejected by the Hungarian government.
The Fidesz ruling party claimed that the Pride march could be harmful to children and that their protection should prevail over the right to free meeting.
In the declaration project, the signatories ask Hungary to review the measures adopted. It also asks the European Commission to “use all the legal instruments that have a rule of law as quickly and fully as possible, if these measures are not modified properly”.
