S&D president, Iratxe García: the Socialists and Democrats are committed in the defence of freedom, equality and dignity and for this reason we will travel to Budapest next week in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
The latest red line crossed by the Orbán government is not an isolated incident or an eccentricity: it is a European shame. The ban on the LGBTQ+ Pride March is the umpteenth manifestation of an authoritarian regime that has turned power into an instrument of fear, censorship, and hatred.
Spying with facial recognition on those who defend human rights, fining those who exercise their freedom of assembly, manipulating the idea of ‘protecting children’ to impose an ideology of intolerance; it’s called repression.
