EU's von der Leyen urges Hungary to allow Pride despite ban


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  • Thursday, 26 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a banner reading "STOP LMBTQ" hanging from a bridge as people attend the Budapest Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Hungarian authorities to permit the Budapest Pride parade to go ahead, after police banned the event.

In a response on X, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the European Commission should refrain from interfering in the law enforcement affairs of member states, "where it has no role to play".

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