Giorgia Meloni’s Italy has decided to support a text of the European Union calling for the protection of LGBT+ people in Member States from violence and discrimination. And he did so, coincidentally, on Pride Day in Rome and after days of debate over the centre-right-led Lazio Region’s removal of sponsorship of the event. As with the immigration case, our government has once again been off axis with its two main allies in Europe, Mateusz Morawiecki’s Poland, and Viktor Orban’s Hungary, which voted against instead. Above all, it is a text that has a symbolic value and has no direct consequences for governments, but support is still a political act.
These are the conclusions of the Council for Justice Affairs on the protection of LGBT+ communities in Europe. As diplomatic sources explained, because there was no unanimity, the Swedish presidency accepted the text as ‘presidential decisions’, let’s say weakened and decided that 25 out of 27 members should not continue voting for this reason. also ours. In the text, the Swedish presidency states “the need of Member States to prevent all forms of violence, harassment and discrimination” as well as “fundamental rights of law enforcement, judicial authorities and equality bodies, LGBTI persons”.
The results also require regular monitoring of “progress in LGBTI equality in general and the safety of LGBTI people in particular”. The Swedish presidency also calls on the Commission to “continue and accelerate efforts to ensure, as a priority of the Union, the protection of LGBTI persons against violence, harassment and discrimination, both offline and online, against violence, harassment and discrimination, including hate speech and hate crimes”. The EU administrator is also asked to provide adequate funding “to provide funding to civil society actors and organizations that support victims of violence, harassment and discrimination”.
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