Members from across the European Parliament's political spectrum on Wednesday condemned Hungary's likely ban of an upcoming Pride event in Budapest and called on the EU executive branch to intervene.

In March, the Hungarian Parliament passed a bill allowing the prohibition of public LGBTQ events on "child protection" grounds, and empowering police to use facial recognition technology to identify attendees.

Weeks before far-right nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban had warned Budapest Pride organisers "should not even bother" to organize a 2025 event.

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony, a liberal political opponent of Orban, has pushed back by trying to hold a Pride celebration on June 28 that skirts the law by being a municipal event. On Wednesday, Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said police would decide on the matter despite Karacsony's attempts to sidestep official review, Reuters news agency reported.

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