EU Heads to LGBTQ Showdown as Merkel, Draghi Chide Orban
- Leaders including Macron publish letter ahead of EU summit
- Hungary government ready to defend controversial law in court
Germany fans wave Rainbow flags outside the Allianz Arena ahead of match Germany and Hungary, in Munich, on June 23.
Photographer: Kerstin Joensson/AFP/Getty Images
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European Union leaders lambasted Viktor Orban’s latest anti-LGBTQ legislation, setting the stage for a showdown with the Hungarian prime minister during a summit in Brussels on Thursday.
“Hate, intolerance and discrimination have no place in our Union,” leaders tweeted in a coordinated move on Thursday, publishing a letter signed by government heads from 16 EU member states including Germany’s Angela Merkel, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s Mario Draghi.