Hungary PM Orban pledges referendum on LGBTQ law
By DW
22 July 2021 |
3:36 pm
Orban said in a live video post that he would hold a vote on whether to push ahead with an anti-LGBTQ law that prompted the European Commission to launch legal action against Budapest.
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