Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemned Hungary's new law, which aims to "ban the promotion of homosexuality"
ANP reported.
The law is completely contrary to the idea that the EU is also a community of values, Rutte said on Thursday, in the Dutch parliament, during the annual debate on the state of the EU, in which the representatives of the national parliament and the Dutch MEPs also participated. Mandarin . The controversial legislation was adopted by the legislators in Hungary on Thursday
- reports the Dutch ANP.
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Rutte said that Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag is calling on the European Commission to "do everything" in order to take action against Hungary. According to Rutte, he is supported in his efforts by his French and Danish colleagues.
Eleven parties in the Dutch parliament also signed the proposal. They demanded a parliamentary decision "against the dismantling of the democratic constitutional state and the violation of fundamental human rights in Hungary". The law was called "another attack on Hungary's sexual and gender minorities" and was timed before the 2022 elections, which are considered crucial for Viktor Orbán. The measure, also condemned by human rights groups, sparked numerous protests in front of the Hungarian parliament this week - the Dutch newspaper quoted Amnesty International's tweet. The Dutch Eurovision winner, Duncan Laurence, announced on Thursday that he will not perform in Hungary due to the country's discriminatory laws.
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Source: mandiner.hu
