France expects sanctions against Hungary over anti-LGBT law -minister

by Reuters
Wednesday, 30 June 2021 06:05 GMT

ARCHIVE PHOTO: French Junior Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune speaks during a press conference to outline France's strategy for the deployment of future COVID-19 vaccines, in Paris as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues in France, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool

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French European Affairs junior minister Clement Beaune said onhe expected a form of sanctions over Hungary's anti-LGBT law.

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - French European Affairs junior minister Clement Beaune said on Wednesday he expected a form of sanctions against Hungary over Hungary's anti-LGBT law.

Beaune also said he was not in favour of kicking Hungary out of the European Union, reiterating earlier comments to this effect from French President Emmanuel Macron.

"I am not in favour of Hungary being kicked out of the European Union", he told RTL radio.

Last week, European Union leaders confronted their peer, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, over Hungary's new anti-LGBT law, stressing their commitment to defending gay rights and piling pressure on Budapest to step back.

(Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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