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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has canceled his trip to Munich for the Euro 2020 game against Germany, too much criticism of his government’s new anti-LGBTQ + legislation.
rban, who faces elections next year, has become increasingly radical on social policy, denouncing LGBT people and immigrants in his self-proclaimed illiberal regime, which has deeply divided Hungarians.
His Fidesz party, which promotes a Christian-conservative agenda, added the proposal banning school discussions on LGBT issues to a separate and widely supported bill that strictly criminalizes pedophilia, making it much harder for opponents to vote. against.
Critics say the law wrongly links pedophilia with LGBT + issues.
Last week, the Hungarian parliament passed a new law that bans the portrayal of homosexuality in school education and television programs for people under the age of 18.
In protest against anti-LGBTQ + laws, Munich city council asked to light up the Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for the match, which the European Football Authority (EUFA) refused.
EUFA has received backlash for its decision not to light the stadium, and the football body has said the stadium lighting will contravene its politically and religiously neutral stance.
The Hungarian prime minister had originally planned to attend today’s match between Germany and Hungary, but withdrew after EUFA refused Munich’s request.
In a statement, he said: “Whether the Munich football stadium or any other European stadium is lit in the colors of the rainbow is not a decision of the state.
However, German football organizations and teams have shown solidarity with the LGBTQ + movement.
Football clubs from Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Wolfsburg, Augsburg, Bremen and Dsseldorf will light up their venues in rainbow colors during today’s match to fill the void.
The national rail network and the Munich fire department also tweeted their plans. Deutsche Bahn will paint one of its trains in rainbow stripes, while Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter has said a wind turbine outside the Allianz Arena highway will be lit with rainbow colors.
EUFA received a backlash from fans for not lighting up the stadium, and fans stressed that it did not intervene when Germany’s captain Manuel Neuer wore a rainbow-colored armband .
German parliament deputy Claudia Roth said it was absurd for EUFA to allow Mr Neurer to wear the armband, while also banning lighting in the arena.
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