https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2025/07/1/7214951/
'"Pride turned into a funeral march for Orbán’s regime." That was the headline
of an editorial in
HVG, one of Hungary’s key independent outlets, assessing
last weekend’s events.
This assessment is somewhat simplistic. There is still no guarantee that Viktor
Orbán and his Fidesz party will lose the elections. But it’s undeniable that
Orbán has taken a big step toward defeat.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets – an incredible number for a
minority rights march. But most had other motivations. They marched not only
for Pride values, but rather to show Orbán he is losing his grip on power.
The government understands this is a serious crisis.
Hungary wasn’t always as illiberal as we’ve come to see it under Orbán.
Pride events have been held in Budapest since the 1990s. This year’s was the
30th anniversary Pride.
Moreover, over 30 years ago, Viktor Orbán began his political career as a
liberal, founding his party Fidesz as a liberal association. However, Orbán
later realised that in Hungary it was more advantageous to be a conservative.
So he reversed his party’s ideology to the opposite, even introducing
amendments into Hungary’s constitution that Brussels considers homophobic.'
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
