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Budapest mayor faces charge for Pride event

January 30, 2026

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Los Angeles Times

Authorities in Hungary this week filed a charge against Budapest’s liberal mayor over his role in organizing a banned LGBTQ+

- BY JUSTIN SPIKE

Pride event in the capital last year.Gergely Karácsony, who has led Budapest since 2019, had been the subject of a police investigation following the march on June 28 that went ahead despite a ban imposed by Hungary’s right-wing nationalist government.

The event was the largest of its kind in the country’s history, with organizers saying some 300,000 people participated.

In a statement Wednesday, the Budapest Chief Prosecutor's Office said Karácsony had been charged for organizing the unlawful assembly despite a prohibition order. It recommended he should face a fine without a trial.

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