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Hungary on an EU watchlist over surveillance at Pride.

The European Union is looking into whether Hungary’s plan to deploy facial recognition technology to identify people attending LGBTQ+ Pride events is illegal.

The move by the EU sets up the latest clash between Brussels and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government as Hungary becomes an increasingly troublesome member of the bloc.

mediafaro.org/article/20250425

Protesters at a march in Hungary. | Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Politico.eu · Hungary on an EU watchlist over surveillance at Pride.By Pieter Haeck, Csongor Körömi

Hungary: Why is Viktor Orbán's opponent so successful?

A former Fidesz backer who now opposes Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Peter Magyar is Hungary's most popular politician. His Tisza party is well ahead of Orbán's Fidesz in the polls.

Who is he, and how did he find success?

mediafaro.org/article/20250424

Photographed from below, Peter Magyar in a dark-blue suit with distinctive jacket buttons stands on a stage waving a Hungarian flag; his image is being projected behind him on a screen, and a few dozen people are standing at the back of the stage. | Image: Marton Manus/REUTERS
DW · Hungary: Why is Viktor Orbán's opponent so successful?By Keno Verseck