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Hungary: Viktor Orbán holds referendum on LGBTQ law

2021-07-21T09:53:32.743Z


The EU has sharply criticized the law: Hungary's right-wing conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has now announced a referendum on the controversial LGBTQ law in his country.


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Hungary's Prime Minister Orbán

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has a referendum held in his country on the controversial LGBTQ law.

In a video published on his Facebook page, he called on the population on Wednesday to support the law, which has been severely criticized by the EU.

The English abbreviation LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer;

Critics in Hungary see members of these sexual minorities as being discriminated against.

More soon at spiegel.de

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Source: spiegel

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