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Tamás Deutsch, MEP of the Hungarian governing Fidesz party, did not let the criticism of the Hungarian Child Protection Act by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg go unanswered.
Addressing the European Parliament’s plenary session on Wednesday, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel lashed out at Hungary’s child protection law. “I’m ashamed to see that some of my colleagues want to win votes at the expense of minorities,” said Bettel, who is one of the two openly gay leaders of a European Union country, Euronews notes. “The most difficult for a homosexual is to accept himself, (…) we don’t demand pity, we don’t demand solidarity, we don’t demand compassion. We only demand respect,” he said.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel called on the EU to remain open and fight off protectionism during the latest This is Europe debate.
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It is important to note that the Hungarian Child Protection Act is not in any way policing the lifestyle of adults, but – among other things – it restricts depictions of homosexuality and gender reassignment in content addressed to audiences under 18 years of age.
‼️‼️Regardless of the countless false accusations, we will not stop standing up for the protection of Hungarian parents’ right to raise their children.
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“Mr.Prime Minister, it is always good to hear you speak about your found and embraced identity, and partly in this context, you speak out against stigmatization,” Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch reacted in the debate.
I would ask you not to stigmatize those who have a different identity from you, a different conviction from you, a different faith from you, a different political opinion from you,”
he went on. “I respectfully ask the prime minister not to classify the Hungarian Child Protection Act as a homophobic law because it is about one thing: how to protect the inalienable right of parents to raise their own children,” Deutsch stressed.
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