At 14 On Saturday, when the party officially began in the preheated Center of Budapest, it looked like an ordinary, quite modest gathering. In recent years, 30,000 have participated in the Budapest Equality Parade. people. Only a large number of foreigners testified that something special is being prepared – German and Czech were often heard in the crowd. – We are not far from, we wanted to support the Hungarian LGBT community. Something similar will soon start to happen with us – says 20 -year -old Nina from Brno on behalf of her group.
An hour later, when a huge human snake (cautious estimates speak about 100,000 participants) starts from place, it becomes clear that Mocked by the government and the parade banned by the police several times will be greater than ever before.
We turn right through the white Elizabeth Bridge (where cars with dance music silence the speakers so that the bridge does not suffer because of so many dancing and swaying people), and then left along the waterfront to the destination, where the stage and the evening concert were waiting.
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People gather on the 30th Equality March in Budapest, Hungary, June 28, 2025.
When Lady Gaga began to resound from the speakers on the stage, and the first vans in the procession of ABBY came, the only nervous moment occurred. At that time, the bridge and intersection were taken by members of the far -right movement of our homeland (Mi Hazank). However, the police (who in Hungary enjoys the opinion of a reliable defender of the demonstration, regardless of the government's policy) managed to convince them to leave. The participants of the march awarded them with applause.
The ruling party Fidesz did not want to give way or alleviate the conflict until the last moment – She claimed that the assembly was illegal because “she propagates homosexuality”, which is contrary to the constitution. In recent weeks, this dispute has turned into a legal dispute, because the patronage over the march was taken by the Liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony and recognized it as an urban ceremony, which, according to the law, is not subject to the Act on assemblies and the police cannot prohibit it.
The government threatens the mayor with an annual prison, and the participants are high with high fines. However, from the beginning, physical confrontation was very unlikely. As Orban said on Friday in a regular interview for the state radio, “the police could of course dispel them, but he will not do it. We do not live in a world where we make life difficult. We make it easier for ourselves. Nobody will touch anyone if it is not necessary.”
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Orban's whole fight with homosexuals ended in a failure. Even the day before, Fidesz activists on their social networks reported what they are proud of: children, families and national colors. The mayor of Karacsony answered on Saturday on the same portals, posting a photo from the march and emphasizing that he was proud of his city.
The main opponent of Fidesz, the leader of the opposition party of Tisza Peter Magyar, did not take part in the Saturday event. So far he was silent about this subject, saying that Orban is trying to divide Hungarians and that he hopes that nothing will happen to anyone.
New enemy
Of course, Fidesz can still benefit from it. For example, it is possible to criminal proceedings against the mayor of Budapest, to (by changing the electoral law, which would not be a problem for Fidesz) to get rid of one of the political rivals, who has long been standing in the way of taking power in the capital.
In addition, it seems that the plan, according to which Fidesz was to make LGBT the main enemy of Hungary, before which he will protect citizens, he did not burn. Not because he could alienate these potential voters, but rather because it causes indifference to the citizens who are about the political struggle.
However, government propaganda has already focused on another, old, and at the same time a new goal, which is to reverse the advantage of opposition Tisza and help Orban to win the upcoming elections – Ukraine.
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