Moldovan Ex-President Praises Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ Law

Moldova's Socialist leader and former president, Igor Dodon, praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his country's recently adopted law in Budapest on the LGBTQ community.

"I congratulate Mr Orban and the Hungarian people for adopting this law despite the barriers imposed by some European Union leaders and the liberal lobby in his country," Dodon wrote on his Facebook page.

On July 7, a law entered to force in Hungary forbidding any material or information that could be seen as promoting homosexuality or the gender reassignment of minors. The law has been vehemently criticised by most EU countries.

The European Parliament on Wednesday debated the rule of law in Hungary, and Poland, regarding the LGBTQ community. MEPs asked the European Commission to intervene against these countries and even apply Article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union, meaning suspension of certain rights for a member state.

Dodon thanked Orban for sending him a letter after the Socialist leader backed the law in Hungary.

"Authentic European values are the values of Christian Europe. Our common civilisation was created on the foundation of Christianity. It is on the basis of traditional values that our children must be raised," Dodon said.

Orban visited Dodon in March 2020 in Chisinau while he was Moldovan president, when they talked about building a strategic partnership. Hungary offered to send specialists to help the Moldovan government.

Dodon added that Moldova should follow "the example of our friends from Hungary, Russia and other European countries" and defend the values of our traditional family despite any constraints in the country or abroad.

Dodon advocates conservative values and traditional families, and often...