Szijjarto: Child protection law doesn't conflate paedophilia and homosexuality

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has told CNN that reports that Hungary's child protection law conflated paedophilia and homosexuality were "fake news". Asked about strict punishments for paedophilia appearing in the same law as provisions concerning the education of children with regard to their sexual orientation, Szijjarto told CNN the provisions were "two completely separate" parts of the law and were isolated from one another. Educating children about sexual orientation was the sole right of the parent, he said, adding that the government's aim was to prevent LGBTQ activists from promoting any particular sexual orientation in kindergartens and schools.