Von der Leyen demands amendment to Hungarian paedophilia legislation

Ursula Von der Leyen has said Hungary must amend its paedophilia law that "violates LGBTQI rights" or face legal action from the European Commission. Addressing a European Parliament plenary debate on Wednesday following a meeting of the European Council on 24-25 June, the EC president said the Hungarian law had been a top priority of the EU heads of state and government. Von der Leyen said the law "puts homosexuality on a par with pornography" and she called the law discriminatory and "disgraceful". She added that the law was completely at odds with the EU’s core values. The EC president said that if an EU member state breached the rule of law in a way that impinged on European taxpayers' money and the EU budget, the EC was obliged to take action against it.