A view of the Crystal Palace on Thursday, May 6, which will be the venue of an upcoming EU summit in Porto, Portugal. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
PORTO, Portugal (AFP) Poland and Hungary battled on Friday to exclude the term “gender” from the final conclusions of an EU summit devoted to promoting equality and fighting poverty in Europe, diplomats said.
The fight is a recurring one in EU official circles, with the culturally conservative governments in Warsaw and Budapest seeing the term as ideologically loaded and creating space to promote rights for LGBT people.
“Poland always underlines how important legal clarity is, and that we should stick to treaty regulations,” a Polish official said on condition of anonymity.
EU gender clash at summit in Portugal Fri 07th May 2021 | 04:10 PM
Porto, Portugal, May 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2021 ) :Poland and Hungary battled on Friday to exclude the term gender from the final conclusions of an EU summit devoted to promoting equality and fighting poverty in Europe, diplomats said.
The fight is a recurring one in EU official circles, with the culturally conservative governments in Warsaw and Budapest seeing the term as ideologically loaded and creating space to promote rights for LGBT people. Poland always underlines how important legal clarity is, and that we should stick to treaty regulations, a Polish official said on condition of anonymity.
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