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• Mon Apr 14 2025

Hungary's parliament votes to limit rights of dual nationals and LGBTQ+ people

13 hours ago Share Save Nick Thorpe Budapest correspondent Reporting from Budapest Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting from London Share Save

Watch: 'You can ban us, but not the truth' - Opposition lawmakers disrupt vote targeting LGBTQ+

Hungary's parliament has backed a range of constitutional amendments which will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and dual nationals. The amendments, which the government says are aimed at protecting children's physical and moral development, will enable it to ban public LGBTQ+ gatherings. Hundreds gathered outside parliament to protest against the move, which rights campaigners have labelled a "key moment in Hungary's shift toward illiberal governance". Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose Fidesz party voted through the bill, vowed in March that an "Easter cleanup" of his critics was coming.

The vote passed with 140 members voting for and 21 against. The amendments will also enable the government to temporarily suspend the citizenship of any Hungarian dual nationals who are deemed a threat to the country's security or sovereignty. Fidesz has suggested that the move is aimed at those who finance "bogus NGOs, bought politicians and the so-called independent media" from abroad - leading some to speculate it is, in part, intended to target Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros, who Orban has frequently criticised. The amendments follow a law passed last month that banned LGBTQ+ pride marches on alleged grounds they are harmful to children. Orban praised the legislation at the time, saying: "We won't let woke ideology endanger our kids."

Getty Images Protesters attempted to form a blockade at the entrance to parliament ahead of the vote