EU welcomes Polish province's retreat from LGBT declaration

The European Commission (EC), the EU's executive arm, has praised the Polish province of Swietokrzyskie for annulling an LGBT declaration that it said violated minority rights. Resolutions opposing LGBT "ideology," adopted by over 100 Polish municipalities in 2019 have generated widespread criticism in Poland and abroad, and triggered a diplomatic backlash. The Swietokrzyskie province's step back prompted the EC to start consultations with it on the EU's regional multi-million euro funding programme for 2021-27.