Budapest Pride march is expected to ignore the legal threat of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orvan’s LGBTQ rights activist on Saturday.
In March, the organizer hopes to attend this year, despite the pressure of nationalist conservative politicians and police.
The police have announced a ban on the new “Child Protection” law, which restricts meetings that are considered to promote homosexuality.
Pride the day before, Orvan ignored the possibility of violent conflict between the police and the participants, but warned people facing the legal impact.
“Of course, the police could solve such an event, but because of the authority to do so, Hungary is a civilized country, civil society. We do not harm each other,” ORBAN told State Radio on Friday.
“There are legal results, but you can’t reach the level of physical abuse.”
Participants are at risk of imposing a fine of up to € 500 (£ 427; $ 586), and the police can use face recognition technology to identify them.
The organizer may be sentenced to one year in prison.
Former Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hadja Lahbib, is in Budapest and is expected to join the march with dozens of MEPs.
On Friday, LaHbib posted a photo standing with the liberal Budapest market Gergely Karacsony in front of the rainbow flag symbolizing the rights of homosexuality.
Pride march said, “It will be a powerful symbol of the power of civil society.”
Ahead of pride, Ursula von der Leyen, chairman of the European Commission, asked the Orburn government not to march.
ORBAN made a terrible sound to her EU member states, “Do not interfere with the law enforcement.”