Local Governments In Poland Rescind Anti-LGBT Resolutions, Fearing Loss Of EU Funding
In 2019, more than 100 provinces and municipalities in Poland passed resolutions declaring they were "LGBT-free." They're backing down as the EU warns it will cut off funding to local governments.
by Scott Neuman
Sep 28, 2021
2 minutes
Riding support from Poland's right-wing populist Law and Justice Party and the local Roman Catholic clergy, nearly 100 provinces and municipalities in 2019 passed symbolic resolutions declaring themselves "LGBT-free."
But two years later, and the central government is asking them to repeal those declarations after the European Union threatened to cut, the European Commission says.
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