EU leaders put pressure on Hungary to drop ‘discriminatory’ laws

Football fans protest with LGBT flags before the Germany versus Hungary match in Munich (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Several European Union leaders have insisted that discrimination must not be tolerated in the 27-nation bloc, setting the scene for a heated summit over new legislation in Hungary that would ban showing content about LGBT issues to children.

Hungary’s parliament passed the bill last week, but it must be endorsed by the president to take effect. It prohibits sharing content on homosexuality or sex reassignment to people under 18 in school sex education programs, films or advertisements.