European Union countries pressure Hungary to revise new law banning LGBT pride events

Published May 27, 2025 2:06pm ET



Over two-thirds of countries belonging to the European Union signed on to a declaration Tuesday urging the European Commission to crack down on Hungary over the country’s laws restricting LGBT events. 

The governments of 20 countries called on the European Commission, which monitors the respect of EU laws, “to expeditiously make full use of the rule of law toolbox at its disposal in case these measures are not revised accordingly.”

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