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He claimed to have made this decision because “problems are not dealt with in letters.”
“Yes, we did not sign it, because I am convinced that the letters do not solve the problems,” G. Nausėda told reporters in Brussels on Thursday before the EU summit.
He spoke of a letter signed by 17 EU leaders in the run-up to the community summit, triggered by Hungary’s adoption of a law prohibiting minors from accessing any LGBTQ material.
Although Hungary is not explicitly mentioned in the letter, the document condemns “threats to fundamental rights, in particular the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation”.
G. Nausėda said he hoped that in autumn Lithuania would be able to regulate same-sex relations, after considering all the arguments and respecting the country’s Constitution and other laws.
“We will do this as a sovereign state,” the president said.
“No one can point to us or give directives on how we should approach this issue, whose existence I recognize and I really want the civilized rights of these people to be guaranteed,” he added.
In the spring, the Lithuanian Seimas rejected a law that would introduce a gender-neutral association. The initiators promise to return the improved law again in the fall.
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