DW: Tens of thousands packed Budapest's streets despite scorching heat. Former right-wing leader Viktor Orban tried to ban the march last year as part of a wider LGBTQ+ crackdown.
Tens of thousands braved the scorching temperatures to celebrate the Budapest Pride parade on Saturday, the first since the election defeat of Viktor Orban, who tried to ban the event last year.
"I think the situation is getting better and better, mainly because of the change in government," 18-year-old Petra Toth, who was attending her first Pride with her girlfriend, told AFP.
In April, pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar and his Tisza party won a landslide victory, ending Orban's 16 years in power.
Orban's government was widely regarded as having some of the European Union's most restrictive LGBTQ+ policies. » | Emmy Sasipornkarn with AFP, AP, Reuters | Saturday, June 27, 2026
Hungarians turn out in thousands for first Pride march since Viktor Orbán was voted out: Far-right former prime minister had sought to outlaw event among other anti-LGBTQ+ policies »
