Regressives not approved

EU votes for action over Hungary's anti-LGBT law:

The European Parliament has voted in favour (459/147/(58)) of urgent legal action over Hungary's new law banning the depiction of homosexuality to under-18s. The new legislation breached "EU values, principles and law", MEPs said. The parliament added that the law was "another intentional and premeditated example of the gradual dismantling of fundamental rights in Hungary".

In a resolution passed on Thursday with 459 in favour, 147 against and 58 abstentions, MEPs said the latest developments in Hungary followed a broader pattern of political censorship. The parliament urged the European Commission to use a new tool that allows the EU to reduce budget allocations to member states in breach of the rule of law, to ensure that the Hungarian government reverse the decision.

It also urged legal action against Hungary's right-wrong-wing nationalist government at the European Court of Justice.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban insists school policy is a matter for Hungary, not "Brussels bureaucrats". 

[Make the decision, endure the consequences, Diktator!]