Hungary 'has no place in the EU anymore,' Dutch leader says

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(CNN) Hungary "has no place" in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday.

Earlier this month Hungary's parliament passed legislation which bans all educational materials and programs for children which are considered to promote homosexuality, gender reassignment and the concept of sexuality deviating from the one assigned to a person at birth.

The move prompted intense criticism from human rights groups and opposition parties. On the day it passed, crowds gathered in Budapest outside the parliament to protest the bill.

The legislation is one of a string of divisive policies championed by Hungarian leader Victor Orban, a hardline nationalist who has previously railed against LGBTQ people and immigrants.

"For me, Hungary has no place in the EU anymore," Rutte told journalists before attending an EU summit in Brussels alongside Orban.

NJH_in_LDN on June 25th, 2021 at 11:02 UTC »

I can’t remember what game it was, it was a ‘Tom Clancy presents…’ something or other. The ‘fictional’ setup was the UK leaving the EU to more closely align with the US (might have even had it as the 51st State). The EU, after tensions between rich liberal west and poorer illiberal east, sees The north/west European states leave the EU to form a tighter European super state unshackled economically and from the feet dragging of closer Union by the likes of Poland and Hungary.

I remember thinking it seemed like nonsense. Not so much any more.

ThisIsDystopia on June 25th, 2021 at 09:23 UTC »

CNN needs to up their game. Writing is so bad I feel like I just hit the Google translate button.

Misterstaberinde on June 25th, 2021 at 07:28 UTC »

The only downside to this sort of talk is that every time you take a hard line against a country it drives them into the arms of Russia and china.

Edit since it blew up.

Diplomacy matters. Everyone on reddit wants to take a hardline stance against every country to make them play ball but it won't being them around to your way of thinking. You mock people and call them backwards and isolate them it only strengthens the us against them mentality. You just create more north Korea's and don't help the oppressed people this is all about anyways.

Think about it: "You can't abuse those gays or we will isolate you" you isolate them and they just keep abusing those poor people anyways.