Time.news – This time Hungary, with its anti-LGBT law, has passed the mark. The leaders of the European Union, meeting in Brussels, made it clear. The most aggressive was the Dutch premier, Mark Rutte, who put the topic on the table, initially not on the agenda. “In my opinion, there is no more room in the EU for Hungary” after that law, he thundered before the summit began. “But I’m not the only one to decide, there are twenty-six other leaders” For Rutte there are no alternatives: “Orban abrogate the law or leave the Union”.
But Budapest has no intention of doing either. “Hungary does not want to leave the EU, on the contrary, we want to save it from hypocrites”, Replied the Hungarian Minister of Justice, Judit Varga, who described Rutte’s statement as” nothing more than a new episode in the series of political blackmail “. Viktor Orban, premier and strongman of Hungary, presented himself at the Palazzo Europa convinced of his ideas. Despite heavy sentences at every European level in the last 48 hours. “We don’t have that kind of law, we have a law that defends the rights of children and parents. It’s not about homosexuality,” he tried to explain to reporters who pressed him upon his arrival at the summit.
Orban accused his counterparts of “not having read the law” and confirmed that it goes on: “It is already in effect”. It went even further. “I am a freedom fighter, I fought during the communist regime for freedom, I defend the rights of homosexuals but this law does not concern them, it concerns families, as parents want to educate their children”, he reiterated.
The sixteen heads of state and government do not think the same way, including Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who sent a letter to EU presidents to reaffirm their support for the defense of LGBT rights. In his speech at the EU summit, Prime Minister Mario Draghi reminded the Hungarian Prime Minister that Article 2 of the EU Treaty is there for a reason: Europe has an ancient history of oppressing human rights. “Look at that this treaty, also signed by Hungary, is the same one that appoints the Guardian Commission of the treaty itself,” Draghi told Orban adding that “it is up to the Commission to determine whether Hungary violates the Treaty or not”.
And the European Commission has taken legal action and in a letter signed by Commissioners Didier Reynders (Justice) and Thierry Breton (Internal Market) and addressed to the Hungarian Minister of Justice, they ask for “clarifications, explanations and information”, to be provided by June 30, regarding the controversial law that “Originally, it aims to protect children from pedophiles”, but which makes use of “a method that discriminates against people on the basis of their sex and sexual orientation”.
In the letter it is specified that Fr.n effect of the new Hungarian law “homosexuality, change of sex and divergence from personal identity with respect to sex at birth are equated with pornography and are considered capable of exerting a negative influence on the physical or moral development of minors ”.
By doing so, “the provisions of this bill directly violate the prohibition of discrimination based on sex and sexual orientation enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter (of fundamental rights of the European Union, ed), denying people the freedom to express themselves, to have their own opinion and to enjoy their right to a private and family life ”.
A harsh condemnation also came from the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, which today took part in the EU summit. “Discrimination is not accepted under any circumstances and any discrimination against LGBTIQ is totally unacceptable in our modern society”, he denounced upon his arrival. The premieres of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, and Portugal, Antonio Costa, presented themselves at the meeting with the rainbow pin.
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