Hungary to carry referendum on anti-LGBT regulation after EU authorized motion – BBC Newsnight
Hungary’s nationwide spokesman speaks to Newsnight to defend its controversial anti-LGBT regulation which is able to now face a referendum, weeks after the EU launches authorized motion towards the nation. Please subscribe HERE
Hungary’s new regulation – which limits the educating of homosexuality and transgender points to underneath 18s – will face a referendum within the new yr.
Viktor Orbán’s authorities calls it a ‘baby safety regulation’ and says it retains sexual propaganda out of faculties, TV exhibits and adverts.
Critics say the regulation conflates homosexuality and paedophilia, and the EU has strongly condemned it as discriminatory and launched authorized motion towards Hungary.
Emily Maitlis is joined by Hungary’s Secretary of State for Worldwide Communication and Relations, Zoltan Kovacs.
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