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Yesterday, May 17th, marked the international day against homophobia. (IDAHOB)
On this occasion, the EU
celebrated "diversity in all forms".
As such 18 member states signed a document prepared by Belgium who holds the rotative presidency of the European Council.
The document and the 18 signatories are
"committed to pursue a European policy for LGBTIQ rights". They pledge to:
implement national LGBTIQ strategies and to support the appointment of a new Commissioner for Equality when the next Commission will be formed. They also call on the Commission to pursue and implement a new strategy to improve the rights of LGBTIQ people during the next legislature by allocating sufficient resources and working with civil society.
The states who
signed were:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.
The declaration was not signed by:
Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.
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