Schilling fights Pride for Budapest: 7,000 euros against Orban!

Schilling fights Pride for Budapest: 7,000 euros against Orban!

Budapest, Ungarn - On June 28, 2025, Budapest Pride plans to hold its event despite increasing state repression and legal uncertainties. Lena Schilling, MEP of the Greens/EFA, has already reacted and donates every sixth gross monthly salary to support civil society, with a current donation of 7,000 euros to LGBTIQ+activists and Hungarian organizers of the Pride. These funds are needed to cover possible penalty payments in connection with the Pride event. It emphasizes how important the struggle for fundamental rights is, especially in a country where people can be punished for their participation in protests against the restriction of LGBTQI+rights. OTS reports that Schilling Viktor Orbán describes the oppressor of civil society and human rights.

The situation in Hungary has also pointed since the government under Orbán allowed the use of biometric cameras to identify organizers and participants of Pride events in March this year. With this measure, which is part of a broader strategy to suppress LGBTIQ+rights, the state has given a ban on Pride events, which the European Commission called on the scene. This initiates a violation of the contract against Hungary, since the state law of 2021, which excludes children of LGBTQ+content, was classified as incompatible with the values ​​of the EU. politico already emphasized in July 2021, by against the regulations to proceed.

reaction of the European Union

The criticism of the Hungarian law is becoming more and more louder, especially after the expert opinion of the ECJ general lawyer Tamara Capeta has found that it violates EU law. Tagesschau reports that 16 EU member countries and the European Parliament support the lawsuit against Hungary. The general lawyer demands a clear statement that these regulations against freedom to provide and use services, as well as violate the ban on discrimination.

The Hungarian government, which refers to youth protection, has issued a number of laws in recent years that deliberately limit the representation of same -sex partnerships and transidentity in the media. This content often has to be marked as "prohibited for less than 18 year olds", which significantly limits the visibility of the LGBTQ+community. Despite these repressive measures, Lena Schilling makes a significant donation and plans to donate a similar sum every six months to support the concerns of the LGBTQI+community in Hungary and to strengthen the commitment to human rights.

It remains uncertain how the legal disputes will go out and when a judgment of the European Court of Justice can be expected. However, the organizers of the Pride in Budapest state that despite the legal pressure and the possibility of penalty payments, they want to stick to their event.