Final weekend, Hungary’s capital witnessed its largest ever Satisfaction parade, a jubilant and resolute rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s intolerant insurance policies. Regardless of a authorities ban and threats of fines, greater than 100,000 folks poured into Budapest’s streets in solidarity with the nation’s politically focused LGBTQ+ group.
The huge turnout, far past the 40,000 organizers hoped for forward of the march, marked the largest Satisfaction occasion ever to be held within the metropolis. It was additionally one of many largest opposition gatherings in Hungary’s latest reminiscence.
Orban was fast to sentence the march as “repulsive and shameful,” even accusing the European Union of directing Hungarian opposition politicians to arrange the occasion. However in defying his try and outlaw Satisfaction, Budapest signaled that many Hungarians are not keen to quietly endure the ruling Fidesz celebration’s tradition wars and crackdowns on civil liberties.
