Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Budapest this Saturday to celebrate Pride. They do it for the second year in a row, but with a very different atmosphere. , this year it was celebrated in style, after the veto on this celebration was revoked. Protesters have called to get rid of the lgtiphobic legacy of ultra Viktor Orbán and his party, Fidesz, after 16 years in government. “In 2025, Budapest Pride made history,” said the mayor of Budapest, the progressive Gergely Karácsony (of the Párbeszéd green party), who, hours before the march began, gave a press conference with the European Union’s equality commissioner, Hadja Lahbib. “Orbán wanted to test the limits of our democracy. And he failed. He made a fool of himself, which is the greatest fear of an authoritarian leader,” Karácsony added.
