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Regurgitating Russian propaganda is a profession called "politician" in this cesspool 🤕
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Regurgitating Russian propaganda is a profession called "politician" in this cesspool 🤕
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Hungary MPs vote to cut anti-LGBTQ+ legislation from Orbán-era law
Viktor Orbán's government had gradually rolled back LGBTQ+ rights in the name of "child protection" in Hungary, starting in 2020 by barring the legal recognition of transgender people's gender identity.
Hungarian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to remove anti-LGBTQ++ provisions in a 2021 "child protection" law adopted under nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orbán.
Parliament passed a bill to amend the law with 139 votes in favour and 51 votes against, marking the first significant reversal of Orbán's curbs targeting the LGBTQ++ community since pro-EU Prime Minister Péter Magyar took power in May.
Instead of banning the "portrayal" or "promotion" of sexual and gender diversity in content accessible to children, the new law will simply seek to protect under-18s from material that can "seriously impair the child's physical, intellectual, emotional or moral development."
Magyar won a landslide victory in April elections, ending a 16-year stretch in power for Orbán, who had taken one of Europe's most restrictive approaches to LGBTQ+ rights.
Magyar said the changes would bring Hungary in line with European Union regulations after Orbán's restrictions were found to be in breach of the bloc's values
The prime minister did not address LGBTQ+ rights during his election campaign, though he has since struck a friendly tone and indicated willingness to revise some Orbán-era policies.
But ahead of the vote on Tuesday, he cast the planned changes not as a restoration of rights but a strengthening of child-protection rules "regardless of sexual orientation."
Orbán's Fidesz party voted against the amendment **,** accusing the government of "neutering" the original law due to EU pressure.
However, the governing Tisza party has a comfortable two-thirds majority, which enabled it to pass the bill without any opposition support.
The European Union welcomed the vote, calling it an "important signal" towards the commitment to EU values.
"We welcome this important signal of commitment for our common values," EU commissioners Michael McGrath and Hadja Lahbib said in a joint statement.
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Viktor Orbán's government had gradually rolled back LGBTQ+ rights in the name of "child protection" in Hungary, starting in 2020 by barring the legal recognition of transgender people's gender identity.
Hungarian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to remove anti-LGBTQ++ provisions in a 2021 "child protection" law adopted under nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orbán.
Parliament passed a bill to amend the law with 139 votes in favour and 51 votes against, marking the first significant reversal of Orbán's curbs targeting the LGBTQ++ community since pro-EU Prime Minister Péter Magyar took power in May.
Instead of banning the "portrayal" or "promotion" of sexual and gender diversity in content accessible to children, the new law will simply seek to protect under-18s from material that can "seriously impair the child's physical, intellectual, emotional or moral development."
Magyar won a landslide victory in April elections, ending a 16-year stretch in power for Orbán, who had taken one of Europe's most restrictive approaches to LGBTQ+ rights.
Magyar said the changes would bring Hungary in line with European Union regulations after Orbán's restrictions were found to be in breach of the bloc's values
The prime minister did not address LGBTQ+ rights during his election campaign, though he has since struck a friendly tone and indicated willingness to revise some Orbán-era policies.
But ahead of the vote on Tuesday, he cast the planned changes not as a restoration of rights but a strengthening of child-protection rules "regardless of sexual orientation."
Orbán's Fidesz party voted against the amendment **,** accusing the government of "neutering" the original law due to EU pressure.
However, the governing Tisza party has a comfortable two-thirds majority, which enabled it to pass the bill without any opposition support.
The European Union welcomed the vote, calling it an "important signal" towards the commitment to EU values.
"We welcome this important signal of commitment for our common values," EU commissioners Michael McGrath and Hadja Lahbib said in a joint statement.
#lifestyle
