Viktor Orbán’s latest clampdown bans Budapest Pride – but he won’t stop us marching

Elected leaders from across Europe should join us on the streets. It is critical to democracy - in Hungary, and the EU as a whole

Hungary's parliament has given Viktor Orban the tools to do what he has long threatened: ban Pride, silence dissent and strip political critics of their citizenship. A constitutional amendment passed on 14 April allows the government to label LGBTQ+ gatherings a threat to children and to revoke the citizenship of dual nationals deemed a risk to national sovereignty".

This is a purge disguised as law - another step in Orban's dismantling of democracy, where the constitution is degraded to a propaganda instrument. He calls it a spring clean-up" to root out bugs", targeting LGBTQ+ people, journalists, critics, civil society and now, dual nationals. As one myself, I could be among the targets.

Katalin Cseh is a member of the Hungarian national assembly for the Momentum Movement and a former MEP

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