00:00EU commissioner says anyone who wants to join in solidarity with the LGBTQ community in Hungary should do so.
00:07Commissioner Jessica Roswell, EU commissioner for the environment, was responding to the Hungarian government's decision to ban the gay pride parade.
00:15The decision has been heavily condemned by a majority of EU member states, including France, Germany and Spain.
00:21So European Union is built on values, which, of course, we all stand behind. And this is the pressure we are in this union.
00:31One of the key things is it's built on this precious value of people's freedom, loving whoever they want to or rule of law and all these things.
00:40So I stand, of course, behind that. And I myself have been into many prides, only in Stockholm, though, and also my small town in Shipping, where I live.
00:49Meanwhile, the commissioner of justice and rule of law, Michael McGrath, has called freedom of assembly a fundamental right that must be protected.
00:57He insisted that this is not a threat to children, which is what the Hungarian parliament has argued on the base of the child protection law.
01:04As for Roswell, she does not want to make decisions for others, but says that this is at the center of her beliefs in the European Union.
01:11I don't tell people what to do, but that's what I truly believe in. And that is also the core of this European Union.
01:16The parade is set to take place on June 28, with some MEPs confirming their presence, but so far no commissioners have done the same.
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