According to the new law, citizens are allowed to report those who contest the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the family” and those who contest children’s rights “to an identity appropriate to their sex at birth.”
In other news, Morawieczki declares in Washington that ‘old Europe’ has failed and a ‘new Europe’ led by Poland is rising; the Czech government prepares to liberalise cannabis sale and use; and Slovak central bank chief ruled guilty of corruption.
For the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US has sanctioned a Hungary-based bank. Prime Minister Orban's government seems unimpressed but has announced it will withdraw its staff from the institution.
Hungary quit the International Investment Bank on Friday, a day after the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the Russian-controlled bank and three of its senior executives over the war in Ukraine.