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The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Dozens of MEPs to attend Budapest Pride in defiance of Viktor Orbán

Crowds of people wearing rainbow face paint and waving rainbow flags march in Budapest
After years of Pride marches in Budapest, the Hungarian parliament this year voted to ban such events. Photograph: Robert Hegedus/AP

Dozens of MEPs are expected to attend the Pride march in Budapest this month, in defiance of the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who has tried to ban the event.

In a debate in the European parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs from liberal, left and green groups pledged to be in Budapest on 28 June for the parade to show solidarity with gay Hungarians.

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