7 minutes agoEU Summit: Beheme Orban for LGBT, Luxembourg prime minister mentions dinner in Budapest
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The Franco-German plan to resume talks with Vladimir Putin has been rejected at the EU summit, which resulted in the decision to explore new economic sanctions on Russia. The two-day meeting in Brussels also included a <x0-emorial” debate on LGBT rights in Hungary, as EU leaders confronted Hungarian Viktor Orban in [...]
The two-day meeting in Brussels also included a <x0-secondary “debate on LGB rights in Hungary, as EU leaders confronted Hungarian Victor Orban about a bill banning gay people from being part of educational and entertainment content for minors.
Tensions rose after Merkel and Macron were defeated by other leaders for proposing to make summits with Putin, writes The Guardian, followed Periscope.
States that led their attack on this plan were Poland, with the Baltic countries arguing that the talks with Putin were concessions that would not change the Kremlin's behaviour.
But the Russian debate was only the second hot topic at the summit that was envisioned as routine among EU leaders.
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister who ran into Orban, made it clear that “for him, Hungary has no place in the EU anymore.”
Luxembourg Prime Minister Javier Bettel, who is the first EU leader to be married to a partner of the same sex, said Orban had crossed the red line. I'm not gay. I am such, this is not a choice,” reportedly he told Orban.
Some years ago, we were at dinner in Budapest with my husband. I don't recognize you any more.
Belgium's prime minister, Alexander De Cruo, said only Poland and Slovenia had backed “, with little Hungary. /Periscope
