BREAKING – Right-wing radical party closes bridge; Budapest Pride’s route may need to be changed

This year’s Budapest Pride is unique because, officially, the Hungarian Parliament banned it, stating that it harms children’s rights. However, the Budapest Municipal Council decided to organise it, and the march will start today at 2 PM in City Hall Park. Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland), a Hungarian right-wing radical opposition party, announced that they would close the Szabadság Bridge, which may result in the need to change the march route.

Right-wing radical party closes Szabadság Bridge

Mayor Gergely Karácsony spoke about the possibility of changing the route of Budapest Pride due to counter-protests. We wrote about those in THIS article. You can check out the original route of the march HERE, which clearly shows that the crowd would go across the Szabadság Bridge in Budapest to reach the Műegyetem Wharf.

However, as Előd Novák, the deputy chairman and MP of Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland), pointed out in a Facebook post yesterday, the bridge will be closed by the party’s activists. Novák slammed Fidesz for passing an amendment banning Budapest Pride but not enforcing it. “We will not allow the LGBTQ propagandists to continue their march,” he concluded.

Earlier, Novák said they are organising a performance, “national resistance,” on the Andrássy Avenue–Kálvin Square–Szabadság Bridge route and added they protected Budapest’s most beautiful avenue from the marchers. The police acknowledged their protest march. Novák is especially proud of occupying Andrássy Avenue since it was the main venue of the Pride marches before.