Hungary Parliament has supported a number of constitution changes that will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and double citizens.
Changes that the government says are aimed at protecting the physical and moral development of children will allow it to ban public LGBTQ+ gatherings.
Hundreds gathered outside the parliament to protest against this move, which the rights campaigns have indicated “a key moment in the passage of Hungary to non -liberal government.”
Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose Fidesz Party voted through the bill, promised in March that the “Easter Cleaning” of his critics was coming.
The vote went with 140 members who voted for and 21 against.
Amendments will also allow the government to temporarily suspend the citizenship of all Hungarian double citizens who are considered a threat to the country's security or sovereignty.
Fidesz suggested that this move was aimed at those who fund “fake non-governmental organizations, have bought politicians and the so-called independent media” from abroad-which leads some to speculate that they are partly intended to direct Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros, who who who who Orban often criticizesS
Amendments Follow a law adopted last month This has banned LGBTQ+ Pride marches of supposed causes in which they are harmful to children.
Orban praised the legislation at that time, saying, “We will not allow the awakening of the ideology to endanger our children.”
Speaking to the BBC, opposition impulse MP David BEDO said: “It's not just a pride, but about every meeting organized by the opposition.”
“This is just the first step they are taking in this one -year campaign. We will see many more laws adopted and adopted in parliament, which is very opposed to any democracy or every rule of law,” he added.
Government spokesman Zoltan Kovac wrote to X that those in the government regard changes as “constitutional protection against ideological influences that they claim to threaten children's well -being, especially in the context of events such as Pride Parades.”
The changes are seen by some in Hungary as an attempt to change the identity of the country to Christian-conservative lines.
Victor Orban's party has been in office since 2010, but polls suggest that the new Tisza party party is on a national scale before the next year's parliamentary elections.
Tisa, who wants more constructive relations with the EU, fell into popularity after Peter Majar, a Fidesz one-time politician, fell apart with the ruling party in February 2024 because of what he said was his bad running to Hungary.
The government hopes to force Peter Majar to come to the benefit of pride – and thus alienate its more conservative supporters. So far, he has refused to take the bait.