Ákos Csonka, the municipal representative of Zelíz in the Uplands, opened the third half of the Germany-Hungary football match last June. He felt hurt that the fans had to put up with unsolicited rainbow ideology in the stands. He is now requesting the return of the ticket price from UEFA in a court action.
In the summer of 2021, the Hungarian parliament adopted the child protection law, which was presented very critically in Germany and received enormous press coverage. It was falsely claimed that the Hungarian law discriminates against sexual minorities, so the Munich City Hall appealed to UEFA to allow the Allianz Arena in Munich to be lit up in rainbow colors during the Germany-Hungary football match.
UEFA – as a politically neutral organization – rejected the request of the Munich City Hall, but otherwise did not do everything to ensure that the match was free of ideology. A few days ago, Ákos Csonka, a member of the Zelíz municipality in the Uplands, filed a claim with the Léva district court, in which he asks for the price of his ticket back, because, in his opinion, he also received unsolicited ideology along with the football match.
vasarnap.hu asked Ákos Csonka and his lawyer Dávid Nagy about the case.
The fan said that he filed a lawsuit in court because he does not agree with the use of a sports event to spread sexual propaganda. He emphasized that the focus is not on the price of the 50-euro ticket, but on UEFA taking effective action against the transmission of ideological messages.
"My client, as a consumer, bought himself a ticket to a football match and did not get what he paid for. Along with the match, he received a very strong ideological and political message, which worsened the enjoyment of the sporting event," said lawyer Dávid Nagy.
The lawyer said that UEFA acted correctly in not allowing the stadium to be illuminated in rainbow colors, but at the same time it was wrong to turn a blind eye to the broadcast of several other ideological propaganda.
"The German captain, Manuel Neuer, wore a rainbow armband, and the organization also tolerated the distribution of rainbow flags before the match. During the match, rainbow-colored advertisements were visible in the stadium, and UEFA did not prevent them from raising the LGBTQ propaganda flag in front of the Hungarian players during the Hungarian national anthem," said lawyer Dávid Nagy .
"It was more shocking to see that during the Hungarian national anthem, a spectator ran onto the field and held a rainbow-colored flag in front of the Hungarian national eleven. This was the top of everything! I think it was quite understandable that many of us disliked it. It was an open provocation, with which they insulted our national anthem, our symbols, our national team and all members of the nation," recalled Ákos Csonka about the summer match.
Lawyer Dávid Nagy said that it was clear that during the match, UEFA did not deal with the filtering of demonstrative advertisements and flags visible in the stadium.
“The rainbow colored flags in the Munich stadium clearly promoted LGBTQ ideology. This was very similar to when the stadiums were filled with Nazi flags during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. There is no place for different ideologies, religious or even political messages at any sports event!" Ákos Csonka declared.
He also reported that they did not want to start a movement with their "Give me back my tickets" request, but they are happy if others also try to take legal action for the sake of the purity of the ideology of sports events.
Source: vasarnap.hu
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