Hungary signs agreement previously blocked due to parts on sexual rights

Hungary has received the necessary guarantees in the past few weeks and has therefore agreed to the European Union signing the post-Cotonou agreement with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in Mauritius on Wednesday, after meeting Mauritian counterpart Alan Ganoo.

Noting that this was the first meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers, Péter Szijjártó also mentioned that Mauritius currently holds the OACPS’s rotating presidency.

In line with the decision of the Hungarian parliament, Hungary had blocked the signing of the document until receiving guarantees “we managed to achieve over the past weeks”. Accordingly, all decisions on migration and the labour market will remain in the hands of nation states, he said. “Also, the protection of children will remain unsullied by the LGBTQ propaganda they have attempted to force on us,” he said.

Hungary agrees with the post-Cotonou agreement’s aim to bolster economic ties, as it would be advantageous to all parties, “especially today, when blocks are forming again worldwide,” he said.

At the same time, Szijjártó said Hungary’s government had “grave doubts and red lines” on the agreement’s approach to migration and sexual rights.

Hungary sees migration as a dangerous issue that should be “stopped rather than managed”, and that it posed grave security risks to the EU. The Hungarian authorities have registered 250,000 illegal entry attempts last year alone, he added.

“We shan’t ever give up our right to determine who we want to live with,” he said.

The government also rejects “aggressive LGBTQ propaganda” and sees education as the exclusive right of the parent, and “will not compromise on the protection of children”, he said.