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Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán's anti-LGBTQ measures

The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender people.

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The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender people.

Magyar's Tisza party commands the same two-thirds majority that Orbán's party used to have, and the measures passed on Tuesday were bundled together by the new government in a package of laws designed to unravel the Fidesz legislation.

LGBTQ and human rights activists warmly welcomed the move, but call for changes to other Orbán-era laws.

Minutes after Tuesday's vote, Budapest said the EU had agreed to release €4.2bn (£3.5bn) of funds frozen in the last years of the Fidesz government.

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