Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is ‘not willing’ to repeal ‘shameful’ anti-LGBT+ law despite EU demands

Hungary has simply shrugged off the European Union’s demands to repeal its “shameful” LGBT+ propaganda law.

EU officials and lawmakers have sharpened their attack lines in recent weeks during tense closed door-discussions after Hungary passed a law that prohibits the “promotion” of LGBT+ lives to minors in schools, advertising and in the media.

The law, which went into effect Thursday (8 July) according to the European Parliament, has been hotly lambasted by a raft of EU leaders, with Dutch premier Mark Rutte bluntly telling Hungary to get on board with equality or leave the bloc altogether.

In the face of such backlash, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff Gergely Gulyás has said that the government won’t be ditching the legislation anytime soon, Reuters reported.

“Brussels’ efforts to have us allow LGBT+ activists into schools and nursery schools are in vain,” he said. “We are not willing to do that.”

The Orbán administration’s resistance comes ahead of a crucial vote in the European Parliament to sue Hungary over the law that activists have compared to Russia’s “gay propaganda law” and Britain’s Section 28.