To mark the World Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, EU countries signed a declaration on Friday to promote policies in favor of LGBTQI communities. However, the document does not have the signatures of all government leaders. Nine states do not support the project.
According to the text, signatory states commit to implementing national strategies for LGBTQI people and appointing a new EU Commissioner for Equality in the new EU Commission that will emerge from the EU parliamentary elections.
The signatories also call on the European Commission to pursue and implement a new strategy for the rights of LGBTQI people in the next legislative term, to provide sufficient resources and to work with civil society. During the high-level meeting at which the declaration was presented on Friday, Belgian State Secretary for Gender Equality, Marie-Colline Leroy, emphasized that the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU has decided to put the issue of LGBTQI rights on the agenda. center of the European agenda.
These countries do not support projects
The project is not supported by Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Source: Krone
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