EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall expresses solidarity with LGBTQ+ community
In an interview with Euronews, EU Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resilience says "anyone who wants to join in solidarity with the LGBTQ community in Hungary should do so."
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00:00EU commissioner says anyone who wants to join in solidarity with the LGBTQ community in Hungary should do so.
00:07Commissioner Jessica Roswell, EU commissioner for the environment, was responding to the Hungarian government's decision to ban the gay pride parade.
00:15The decision has been heavily condemned by a majority of EU member states, including France, Germany and Spain.
00:21So European Union is built on values, which, of course, we all stand behind. And this is the pressure we are in this union.
00:31One of the key things is it's built on this precious value of people's freedom, loving whoever they want to or rule of law and all these things.
00:40So I stand, of course, behind that. And I myself have been into many prides, only in Stockholm, though, and also my small town in Shipping, where I live.
00:49Meanwhile, the commissioner of justice and rule of law, Michael McGrath, has called freedom of assembly a fundamental right that must be protected.
00:57He insisted that this is not a threat to children, which is what the Hungarian parliament has argued on the base of the child protection law.
01:04As for Roswell, she does not want to make decisions for others, but says that this is at the center of her beliefs in the European Union.
01:11I don't tell people what to do, but that's what I truly believe in. And that is also the core of this European Union.
01:16The parade is set to take place on June 28, with some MEPs confirming their presence, but so far no commissioners have done the same.
