BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.

Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment allowing authorities to ban LGBT+ public events such as Pride marches – a move seen as another step toward authoritarianism by the country’s populist government.

Hungarian lawmakers overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes targeting the country’s LGBTQ community and dual nationals, the latest step to strengthen longtime nationalist PM Viktor Orban’s self-s