Three months ago, we launched this campaign with hope. Today, it’s a movement. Thank you, Europe. 🇪🇺
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Three months ago, we launched this campaign with hope. Today, it’s a movement. Thank you, Europe. 🇪🇺
One EU Commissioner.
Seventy MEPs.
Dozens of mayors.
Thousands of supporters.
No one stands alone. Europe is showing up. 🇭🇺🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Thank you for this incredible show of solidarity.
#SeeYouAtBudapestPride
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
… @sophieintveld.bsky.social explains where to start
The #Pfizergate ruling is an important breakthrough on transparency. But the fact that it was the NYT (!) & not @europarl.europa.eu or the European public sphere holding the EU executive accountable also shows that a *lot* of work still lies ahead
I voiced these concerns to vdL over 4 yrs ago👇
Orbán sees the world is tilting his way—and he’s accelerating the crackdown.
My op-ed on his latest assault on rights in Hungary, banning Budapest Pride & threatening to strip critics of citizenship👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A constitutional amendment passed in Hungary on 14 April allows the government to label LGBTQ+ gatherings a threat to children.
Orban calls it a “spring clean-up” to root out “bugs”, targeting LGBTQ+ people, journalists, critics, civil society & dual nationals.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
☝🏼 @katalincseh.bsky.social has made an important call: March with Budapest Pride, against Orbán and for democracy!
Budapest, 28 June, 2025🏳️🌈
On 28 June, Budapest Pride will march. Orbán says he will stop it. We say, just try
To every democratic leader, activist & ally in Europe: join us. Let’s show together that the streets of a European capital will not surrender to fear
My latest in The Guardian👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This campaign can make a huge difference in our fight against Orban’s hideous Pride ban.
Read my op-ed: euobserver.com/eu-political...
Help the organizers: budapestpride.hu/en/
Thank you, friends, for your solidarity!
We need as many 🇪🇺 leaders & elected reps with us at Budapest Pride as possible. It's a protective shield around protesters, threatened by the Orban govt
It's a numbers game. Please join us & write your rep’s
Jun 28 🇭🇺🏳️🌈
www.brusselstimes.com/politics/151...
Our friends from the US fighting Trump’s assault on democracy are warmly welcome too
Come to Budapest, stand in solidarity with Pride attendees who are targeted with facial recognition & fines—see with your own eyes where the US is heading towards
@aoc.bsky.social
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Hadja Lahbib, the EU commissioner for equality, suggested the new law contravened the values of the 27-nation bloc, posting: “Everyone should be able to be who they are, live & love freely. The right to gather peacefully is a fundamental right to be championed across the European Union. We stand with the LGBTQI community – in Hungary & in all member states.
Yesterday, an EU member state banned Pride events 🏳️🌈, threatening to use facial recognition & 500€ fines to target attendees.
We need more than deep concerns.
We need EU leaders across the continent to book their tickets to Budapest & join us on June 28
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Momentum representatives @ the Hungarian Parliament👇
Orban & co. have just *banned* Budapest Pride 🏳️🌈 threatening to fine participants 500€
In 2025. In an EU country.
They’re NOT getting away with this. We’ll be there anyway & you should too
#SeeYouAtBudapestPride
euobserver.com/eu-political...
If the right to peaceful assembly is negotiable in Budapest today, where will it be threatened tomorrow?
Write your representatives, EU & government leaders & ministers across Europe—urge them to take a stand
June 28 🏳️🌈
We’ll be there.
#SeeYouAtBudapestPride
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
🚨 The Orban gov’t has just submitted a bill to ban Budapest Pride & impose fines on organizers & participants
We’ll be there anyway
NOW is the time to show your support. My call to EU leaders👇—announce you’ll be there with us on June 28 🏳️🌈
#SeeYouAtBudapestPride
🗞️ euobserver.com/eu-political...
Viktor Orbán says he’ll ban Budapest Pride. We won’t let that happen. This year, we’ll march in greater numbers than ever 🏳️🌈
My message to European leaders: stand with us. Announce that you’re coming to Budapest.
#SeeYouAtBudapestPride
Read the op-ed 🗞️ euobserver.com/eu-political...
Viktor Orbán, explicitly relishing a friendlier international climate with the return of Donald Trump, is testing the limits of what he can get away with, warns Hungarian MP Katalin Cseh.
Viktor Orbán says he’ll ban Budapest Pride. We won’t let that happen. This year, we’ll march in greater numbers than ever 🏳️🌈
My message to European leaders: stand with us. Announce that you’re coming to Budapest.
#SeeYouAtBudapestPride
Read the op-ed 🗞️ euobserver.com/eu-political...
Today, I swore in as Member of Parliament. I pledge to amplify the voices of all those who are overlooked and oppressed by Orban’s regime. As a liberal woman, this space feels like another planet — but the more they try to silence us, the louder we will become.
Orbán distanced himself from Novák & tried to shift blame. But nothing happens in Hungary without his approval; it was his appointee & close ally who granted the shameful pardon & his government member who countersigned it
Along with Novák & Varga, his hideous regime needs to go
The hypocrisy of Orbán’s regime preaching child protection while presiding over a deeply flawed state that fails to protect children is glaring. It was an underfunded & dysfunctional institutional system that has allowed child abuse to persist for years, unchecked & unpunished.
Child protection has always just been a smokescreen for Orban & co. The "child protection law" was recent legislation banning the depiction of homosexuality to minors, echoing Russian law. Bookstores are restricted from selling works like “Heartstopper,” unless wrapped in plastic
Novák was the host of the Budapest Demographic Summit, bringing together hard right influencers like Italy PM Meloni or Jordan Peterson. She's been travelling the globe, discussing "the protection of traditional values & families" with Ron DeSantis & even Elon Musk
The scandal cut to the heart of the Orbán regime's ideological core & also dents their international efforts to forge a political alliance based on (as they say) family values
"FAMILY FRIENDLY HUNGARY" is the regime's self-proclaimed brand & Novák was the brand ambassador
Former Justice Minister Judit Varga, who countersigned the pardon decision, also resigned— showing the gravity of the scandal. She was poised to lead Fidesz' list for the European Parliament elections.
The extent of abuse within the children's home is horrifying. The director, between 2004 & 2016, sexually abused at least 10 underage boys.
Novák’s pardon devastated victims who bravely shared their stories. It sent the message that well-connected abusers will just walk free.
The individual pardoned by Novák was a deputy director of a children's home in Bicske. He had coerced a child, who was sexually abused by the then-director, into retracting his testimony.
Novák's motive remains unclear—many speculated ties between the convict & Orbán's brother.
Katalin Novák, President of the Republic & close Orbán-ally was forced to resign in disgrace—for pardoning the accomplice of a convicted pedophile
She was crafting Orbán's international network & image as "protector of family values"
The scandal that shook Hungary to its core👇
Like Putin, Viktor Orbán is learning he can act with impunity: the cash keeps flowing
Wrote up my concerns about the dirty deal underpinning this week’s #EUCO summit decision👇
@theguardian.bsky.social
t.co/46ccIGLDxx
Orban blocking Ukraine’s EU accession is serving Putin’s interests only.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
