17 E.U. countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ laws

Hungary’s parliament passed legislation in March that creates a legal basis to ban Pride marches and lets police use facial recognition cameras to identify people who attend.

They called on Hungary to revise the measures and asked the European Commission to make full use of its powers if Budapest does not do so. The Commission can take legal action against member states if it believes they are violating EU law.

The statement was backed by Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

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