Hungarian police said on Thursday in a statement that they were banning the Budapest Pride march of the LGBTQ+ community planned for June 28. <\/p>\n
Hungary\u2019s parliament, in which Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s right-wing Fidesz Party has a big majority, passed legislation in March that created a legal basis for police to ban LGBTQ marches, citing the protection of children. <\/p>\n
Budapest\u2019s liberal mayor Gergely Karacsony tried to circumvent the law when he announced on Monday that since the Budapest Pride march will be a municipal event \u201cno permits from authorities are needed\u201d. <\/p>\n
Budapest metropolitan police, however, said the law applied to the event organised by the mayor and banned it. <\/p>\n
The police ban has \u201cno relevance\u201d as authorities were not officially notified of the plans for the event, Karacsony said on Facebook. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Metropolitan Municipality will host the Budapest Pride Freedom Celebration on June 28, the day of Hungarian freedom, as a municipal event. Period,\u201d the mayor wrote. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the protest. <\/p>\n
Orban faces a challenging election in 2026 where a new surging opposition party poses a threat to his rule. <\/p>\n
His government has a Christian conservative agenda and its intensifying campaign against the LGBTQ community has aimed to please Fidesz\u2019s core voters, mostly in the countryside. <\/p>\n
Orban said in February that organisers should not even bother organizing Pride in Budapest this year. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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