‘This is disgraceful’: EU parliament condemns Hungary’s anti-LGBT law

Resolution is passed to launch legal action, but Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban remains defiant

The European parliament has denounced a Hungarian law that bans gay people from appearing in educational materials or primetime TV as a clear breach" of equality.

In a resolution voted in Strasbourg on Thursday by a resounding majority, MEPs condemned in the strongest possible terms" the Hungarian law as a clear breach of the EU's values, principles and law", while urging the European Commission to launch a fast-track legal case against Viktor Orban's government.