Viktor Orban argues that the Pride march “repulsive and shameful” in Budapest was orchestrated by the EU

The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, has accused the European Union of providing the opposition politicians to organize the Pride Market “Repulsive and Shame” on Saturday in Budapest, which turned into an anti-government protest, the local press reported on Sunday, according to Reuters.

The march organized on Saturday in the Hungarian capital for the LGBT+ community has been transformed into one of the largest opposition demonstrations compared to Viktor Orban in recent years, gathering over 100,000 people who have challenged the prohibition of authorities and threats with fines.

Speaking with its supporters on Sunday, in a closed online group called “Fight Club”, Viktor Orban said that the opposition politicians, at the “Brussels” instructions, urged the voters to participate in the event in large numbers, according to the Local Index publication.

“From yesterday, we are even safer that these people [politicieni ai opoziției] It should not be allowed to approach the leader of the government. And we will not allow them, “the Hungarian prime minister told his supporters, quoted by the index.

The Hungarian leader did not provide any evidence in support of his statements. The Budapest event was organized by the municipality led by Mayor Gergely Karacsony, whom the Viktor Orban government has been accumulating for years of being a “puppet” of Brussels.

The Prime Minister of Hungary told his supporters that the events of the Pride march seemed “repulsive and shameful”, mentioning especially a show of love Queen, with men wearing high heels and brochures about hormonal therapies.

Pride march, organized despite a ban

The march had been banned on the basis of a law adopted in March, when the need to protect children was invoked.

Orban's opponents see the prohibition as part of a wider repression on democratic freedoms before next year's national elections, when the Veteran Prime Minister, whose party, dominated the Hungarian political scene for 15 years, will face a powerful opponent.

On Friday, Viktor Orban said that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who earlier this week asked the Hungarian authorities to allow the Pride parade, considers Hungary “a subordinate country” and compared its message with the reception of Moscow during the communist period.

Reuters mentioned that he could not independently confirm the content of the index article.