The Minister of Culture and spokesman to add, Ernest Urtasunand the Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díazthey will travel this Friday to Budapest (Hungary) to support the country’s LGTBI+ community “against the attempts of the government of Victor Orbán to ban pride celebrations. “
They will travel along with Eurodiputados and members of other European governments with the aim of participating in “a whole series of activities”, including the Pride march in the citywhich will take place this Saturday. Both Díaz and Urtasun will intervene in the act in support of the group at the Eötvös10 cultural center that will be held this Friday at 5:00 p.m. and will be open to the participation of the public and the media.
This activity, Organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Pedro Zerolo Foundation and its Cinemateca In support of the LGTBQI+ Hungarian collective, he will exhibit three short films: ‘Violetas’ by Borja Escribano, ‘Bullying (the fifth car)’, by Antonia San Juan, and ‘Banned’ by Roberto Pérez de Toledo. The three pieces address, from different perspectives, issues such as identity, love, memory and freedom.
After this activity, the Budapest City Council organizes a Reception with all international authorities participating in pride. During the next day, Saturday, Urtasun and Yolanda Díaz will hold a meeting with the mayor of Budapest, Gergelly Karáross. During the meeting, issues such as current threats to rights, the progress of hate discourses and those measures or actions that promote the protection and visibility of diversity and that fight the setbacks in human rights in the European are addressed.
Ana Redondo will not be in Budapest after canceling her flight
The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondowill not finally be in Budapest due to the cancellation of the flight in which I was going to fly to the city. Redondo had to participate in a human rights convention with LGTBI groups and activists and at a reception with the mayor of Budapest, Gergely Szilveszter Karáross, this Friday. To do this, the Minister of Equality, accompanied by a ministry team, were going to travel to Budapest on Thursday afternoon, but their flight was canceled and it was only possible to relocate them on another flight of the 7 pm on Friday. “It is impossible to reach all this activity that we had planned and that we had incorporated into the agenda,” Redondo confirmed on a message on Twitter.
“We had all the intention, but Sometimes contingencies prevent us from developing projects. So we will stay on the ground, “added the head of Igualad that has transmitted, however, that from his ministry they will maintain” their support all year to pride “” we will continue to support LGTBI people and groups because indeed any limitation to their derchos is a democratic setback that we are not going to consent, “said Ana Redondo.
Orbán insists: participating in the Budapest pride macha will have legal consequences
Meanwhile, Hungary Prime Minister, the ultra -nationalist Viktor Orbánhe warned this Friday that those who participate in the Pride March of Budapest, prohibited by the Hungarian authorities, must assume the legal consequences, although it excluded that the police use the force.
“If someone does not comply with the laws, they must face the legal consequences”Said Orbán on the public radio in relation to the march that will take place tomorrow in the center of Budapest.
“If someone appears (on the march) In insufficient clothing is something that cannot be done, which will have legal consequences“The prime minister said clearly referring to the legislations approved to prohibit the progress of pride, which determine that these events endanger the” adequate development “of the minors.
In any case, Orbán stressed that the legal consequences “They cannot reach the level of physical aggression by the police.”
The constitutional laws and reforms approved in March by the majority of the government party, the Fidesz, allowed to prohibit the march of pride and participation in events like this could be Fulted by the Police, which also plans to use facial recognition systems.
However, the progressive mayor of Budapest, Gergelly Karáross, says that since it is a municipal event, the “Budapest Pride March” will be held this Saturday. The mayor argues that this event, being municipal, not He needs the prior authorization of the authorities, something that the police discuss and have prohibited it.
The president of the European Commission (CE), Ursula von der Leyenthis week called the Hungarian authorities to allow the progress of pride to be celebrated, “without fear of any criminal or administrative sanction.”
Orbán reacted urging the CE to not “interfere with criminal matters of the Member States.”
It is expected that in the progress of pride the participation of dozens of politicians from around the world, including 70 Eurodiputados, as well as the second vice president of the Government of Spain, Yolanda Díaz, the Spanish Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun and the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, among others.
