Hungary Defies EU On Anti-LGBTQ And Asylum Policies

The Associated Press reports:

Hungary’s government will not change policies the European Union believes infringe on LGBTQ+ rights and those of asylum seekers, even if doing so would unfreeze billions in funding the bloc has withheld from Budapest, a government minister said Thursday.

The EU has frozen funding to Hungary over concerns its right-wing nationalist government has trampled on minority rights and academic freedoms, failed to rein in official corruption and undermined democratic values.

The release of those funds has been tied to Hungary carrying out reforms to bring it into line with the EU’s democratic standards. The EU takes issue with a Hungarian law passed in 2021, which forbids the display of homosexual content to minors in media, including television, films, advertisements and literature.

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Hungary won’t back down and change #LGBTQ and asylum policies criticized by EU, government minister says https://t.co/i2LhreQOzI

— David Crary (@CraryAP) January 18, 2024

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