The law, supported by Orbán’s Fidesz party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats, was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted only a day earlier.

Hungarians have protested against a new, anti-LGBTQ+ bill banning Pride events in the country. Several thousand protesters chanting anti-government slogans gathered after the vote outside Hungary’s parliament and staged a blockade of the Margaret Bridge over the Danube,