BRUSSELE – Seventeen countries in the European Union accused Hungary on Tuesday for violating the basic European Union values by passing laws targeting gay people, as the tensions between Budapest and the majority of member states deepen.
Hungary Parliament passed legislation In March, this creates a legal basis for prohibiting pride marches there and allows the police to use facial recognition cameras to determine the people attending. The constitutional also agreed Changes In April, Hungary does not recognize only two sexes, males and females.
The governments of the 17 countries said in a joint statement: “We are very anxious about these developments that contradict the basic values of human dignity, freedom, equality and respect for human rights.”
They called for Hungary to review the measures and asked the European Commission to fully benefit from its powers if it did not do so. The committee can take legal action against member states if it believes that it violates the European Union law.
The statement was supported by Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
The announcement came before the Tuesday session in a long time practical The European Union ministers are examining fears that Hungary is at risk of violating the basic values of the European Union.
This theory can lead to the abstraction of Hungary’s right to vote on European Union decisions. But diplomats say there is not enough support among the 27 European Union member states to take this step.
“More precise offer”
Upon his arrival at the meeting, the Minister of Hungary for European Union Affairs, Yanos Boca, said: “There is nothing in Hungary like the prohibition of pride.”
He said: “I hope that after these discussions, my colleagues will come out around the table with a more accurate vision about the Hungarian legislation.”
But activists say that the measures amount to an actual ban.
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Urban said that the organizers of pride “should not bother” this year, while its chief of staff, Geragli Julias, said that Hungary “should not bear pride in the march of the city of Budapest.”
Urban, who has been in power since 2010, has been repeatedly and repeatedly with the European Union and member countries on democratic standards, minority and foreign rights.
Critics are accused of Urban of undermining the rule of law, which is denied by the Hungarian government.
The ruling FIDESz Party said that the path of pride can be considered harmful to children and that their protection will replace the right to gather.
European Commissioner Michael McGrath, who supervises democracy, justice and the rule of law, said on Tuesday that there are serious concerns about the situation in Hungary.
“Freedom of assembly is a basic right,” he told reporters.
“It is not a threat to children,” he said.
