Hungary to face EU funding sanctions

Hungary to face EU funding sanctions after passing law banning the mere ‘promotion’ of LGBT+ rights.

Hungary may face funding restrictions from the European Union over legislation that cracks down on the mere “promotion” of LGBT+ people.

The law chiefly increases sentences for sex crimes against children – but tucked within it, a last-minute change that led to nationwide protests by banning the discussion of LGBT+ rights in schools and the press.

Now, Brussels is set to try to counter this anti-LGBT+ wave by potentially withholding crucial finding for projects from Hungary, a top equalities official told Openly.

“The message is that if you don’t uphold the values of democracy or equality of the European Union, you are not entitled to take money for your project,” the bloc’s commissioner for equality Helena Dalli told the agency.