Hungary attacked for defending truth about two sexes

Viktor Orbán's Hungary is once again being used as a scapegoat for Europe's ills, while Brussels plays into the hands of the LGBT lobby and turns a blind eye to Donald Tusk's authoritarian regime in Poland. According to the common narrative, human rights are being violated in Hungary. And all because it has enshrined in its constitution the truth about biological sex and the protection of children, and banned the blasphemous and pornographic manifestations of gay pride.

The constitutional amendment in question was approved on Monday 14 April by an overwhelming majority of the Hungarian Parliament (141 votes in favour and 21 against out of 199 eligible votes). The votes of the Christian Democrats of Fidesz and KDNP (135 seats in total) were joined by those of the right wing.

The 15th constitutional amendment passed on 14 April provides for several changes and additions to the fundamental law of the Hungarian Republic. On the issue of biological sex and children, the amendment promoted by government MPs confirms that 'the sex of a person is a biological characteristic which can be male or female'. It is 'the responsibility of the State to guarantee the legal protection of this natural order and to prevent attempts to imply the possibility of changing sex at birth'. All this is to ensure the healthy development of society and the preservation of fundamental community norms, including the stability of the institution of the family and the security of the social order. Furthermore, according to the Basic Law, "every child has the right to the protection and care necessary for his or her healthy physical, mental and moral development" and the adopted amendment establishes that this right takes precedence over all other fundamental rights, with the exception of the right to life.

With regard to dual citizenship, the possibility has been introduced for Hungarian citizens who are also citizens of another state, with the exception of citizens of states with the right of free movement and residence, to have their Hungarian citizenship suspended. The person concerned will lose Hungarian citizenship for the duration of the suspension.

With regard to the right to use cash, it is reiterated that everyone has the 'right to pay in cash', as only the continued circulation of cash can ensure that the functioning of the economy is not completely dependent on electronic financial systems. It also ensures that cash payments remain accessible to all, thus avoiding the risk of financial exclusion, as stated in the explanatory memorandum.

The 15th amendment also prohibits the "production, use, distribution and promotion of drugs", confirming the Hungarian state's commitment to public safety, healthy lifestyles and the protection of social order. The approved text guarantees that the office of public prosecutor, with the exception of the Chief Prosecutor, will be maintained until the age of 70; it provides that the government may suspend the application of certain laws or derogate from certain legal provisions only in the event of a state of war or emergency, without the specific authorisation of Parliament; and in the event of a state of emergency, the temporary support of two-thirds of Parliament is required.

A clause was also added to the Constitution stating that the exercise of the right to choose one's place of residence must not violate the fundamental right of local communities in Hungary to preserve the lifestyle, traditions, customs and composition of their local society and to determine the number of inhabitants they wish to have.

Now, one wonders, which of the additions and amendments described - from the recognition of male and female to the protection of children, from the ban on drug advertising to the right to use cash - would violate human rights and pose a threat to European values? And yet Brussels does not rule out intervention.

It's difficult to expect newspapers such as La Repubblica, The Guardian, El País or La Stampa to explain the reasons for their woke reasoning, which goes against reality, biology and above all the welfare of minors, but at least the public service, which on the Italian public RaiNews website has the headline "Hungary without rights", should publicly explain certain extravagant narratives.

Whether we like it or not, the drumbeat sounding against Orban's Hungary plays into the hands of the powerful LGBT lobbies, which are well-funded by Brussels and are afraid of having to comply with transparency criteria after the recent scandals. At the same time, the series of insults and European protests against Hungary serve to hide from public opinion the indecent turn taken by Donald Tusk's Polish regime.

The support and complicity that Tusk enjoys in Brussels - from the Commission to the Court of Justice of the European Union (which on 6 April this year ordered the government to recognise LGBT 'marriages' performed abroad) - is well known. And Tusk, the current President of the EU Council, is continuing his blatant violations of the rule of law, all the more so as Poland's presidential elections approach. On 9 April, a ruling by the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw revoked the broadcasting licence of two conservative national television channels. Furthermore, on 11 April the Polish Ministry of Justice announced measures to punish some 2,500 judges currently serving in various roles in the country's courts, who were only appointed thanks to the judicial reforms of the previous conservative and Christian PiS government.

The EU and the media are silent about what is happening in Tusk's Poland, while Hungary is attacked for defending the truth about the two sexes and protecting minors from LGBT propaganda.