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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

MEPs call for EU court to suspend Hungary’s Pride ban

Protesters with a gay rights flag in Budapest
Protesters thronging the streets of Budapest on 15 April after lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment allowing the government to ban LGBTQ+ events. Photograph: Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

A delegation of EU lawmakers visiting Hungary has called on Europe’s top court to suspend a new law banning Budapest Pride, as they criticised a “very hostile atmosphere” for LGBTQ+ people in the country and urged a return to “real democracy”.

Tineke Strik, a Dutch Green politician who led a cross-party group of MEPs to investigate democratic standards in Hungary, said developments were going “rapidly in the wrong direction”.

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