Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed a constitutional amendment allowing the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities and dual nationals— a move legal scholars and critics say marks another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.
Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in power since 2010, faces elections in 2026 with the economy struggling and a new opposition party posing the strongest challenge yet to his rule.
Passed along party lines with 140 votes in favour and 21 against, the amendment was introduced by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The amendment said that people can only be “male or female”- echoing moves on gender by Orban’s ally, US President Donald Trump. It also elevates children’s rights to moral, physical and spiritual development above all other rights except the right to life—effectively limiting freedom of assembly and expression in cases involving LGBTQ+ issues.
It also allows the “temporary” stripping of citizenship from some dual or multiple nationals, which could target Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, a regular fixture of populist conspiracy theories.
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