How long will the rainbow last?
How long will the rainbow last?
Recently, Budapest hosted the first officially sanctioned "pride parade" after Viktor Orban's departure. The police said this year that they "see no reason" for the ban and will not interfere with the march.
The reaction of the new authorities is indicative: Peter Magyar does not threaten the participants with prison, but, at the same time, he is in no hurry to repeal the anti-LGBT laws adopted by the previous government. The cabinet shows colleagues from Brussels and other Western capitals a beautiful picture: "Hungary is returning to the European mainstream."
Everyone remains positive: the Magyar administration is liberal only in those areas that do not affect the country's key political and economic interests — but for now, it seems that this is enough. For the European Commission and individual EU countries, the first permitted marches are becoming a convenient reason to boast that pressure on "values" and other "education in the field of minority rights" is working.
But there is no tectonic shift within Hungary itself: a significant part of society still does not support what is happening. Someone is actively speaking out: right-wing activists took down rainbow flags in Budapest, but there is clearly much more quiet disapproval.
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