Toroczkai said his party's event would take place one week after the march "to give a positive answer to an event organised by the strongest LGBTQ lobby in the world".

The politician urged European counterparts to hold similar events "to promote families based on traditional male-female roles, childbirth, and protection of children and Christians".

According to Torczkai, "the largest ever Pride can be expected" to take place on June 27, "a feast of immorality" and "spectacles not seen for a very long time".

He also suggested that the venue of Our Homeland's event had not been approved by the police yet. He added that "Budapest Pride cannot be lawfully held without changing current rules" and pledged to file a criminal complaint "unless parliament takes measures".

Median: Most Hungarians for repealing anti-LGBTQ measures

More than half of Hungarians are in favour of repealing recent laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ people, according to a fresh survey carried out by pollster Median.

According to the phone survey commissioned by the Hatter Society and conducted between April 27 and May 2 with 1,000 participants, fully 57 percent of Hungarians support repealing discriminatory measures against LGBTQ people.

While most respondents were aware of the former Fidesz government's restrictive measures, 51 percent had not heard of last year's repeal of the explicit ban on discrimination based on gender identity, with only 14 percent familiar with the details, Median said in a report on Facebook.

Fully 86 percent of respondents have at least heard of restrictions on adoption by unmarried couples, 81 percent knew about bans on minors accessing LGBTQ content, and 67 percent about bans on LGBTQ-themed assemblies and restrictions on legal name and gender changes for transgender people.

Support for repeal varies sharply by party preference, Median found. Fully 79 percent of Tisza Party voters back scrapping the laws, while only 8 percent of Fidesz voters agree, the pollster said, adding that 32 percent of them would introduce further restrictions.

The survey also found 68 percent support same-sex marriage and adoption rights, and 71 percent back access to assisted reproduction for same-sex couples.

Altogether 79 percent of respondents said the state should work to combat discrimination against LGBTQ people, Median's report concluded.

Photo: Budapest Pride March

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