Pressman Outraged over House Speaker Barring Left's LGBTQ Conference from Parliament

The political parties DK, MSZP, Momentum and Dialogue wanted to hold a conference Tuesday afternoon in the Hungarian Parliament building on LGBTQ issues, but House Speaker Laszlo Kover refused permission on the grounds of protecting the prestige of the institution. According to David Pressman, the US Ambassador to Budapest, the US government has repeatedly expressed concern about the threats to Hungarian democracy, and this decision adds to those concerns.

US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman (Photo: Laszlo Laufer/Dunantuli Naplo)