Germany’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer wore a rainbow armband in his country’s early Euro 2020 games.
MUNICH: EU leaders and Hungary traded barbs over Budapest’s anti-LGBTQ law on Wednesday as Germany staged a defiant display of rainbows following UEFA’s refusal to light Munich’s Euro 2020 stadium in rainbow colours.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen slammed as a disgrace the law passed by Viktor Orban’s government banning the “promotion” of homosexuality to minors, while Germany’s foreign minister said UEFA’s decision sent the “wrong signal”.
Hungary immediately hit back, calling von der Leyen’s statements “a shame”.
With Germany due to play Hungary in a key match on Wednesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich, city authorities had planned to light the stadium up in rainbow colours to “send a visible sign of…
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