The EU rejects the request for funding from six Polish municipalities as a result of their homophobic policies by declaring themselves "LGBT-free"
GAYLES.TV.- The six cities, which signed the opposite commitments towards the LGBT + community, applied to the town twinning program of the EU and intend to obtain subsidies of up to € 150.000 from European funds.
On Tuesday July 28, the European Commission announced the list of beneficiaries who will receive the funds, and they will not be the "LGBT free" areas.
«EU values and fundamental rights must be respected by member states and state authorities«Said the EU Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, On twitter.
«This is the reason why six town twinning applications involving Polish authorities who adopted the resolutions of »LGBTI free zones« or »family rights were rejected.«.
Dalli did not specify which towns had been rejected, but they are likely to be found in the conservative southeast, where most of the LGBT-free zones are located and covering about a third of Poland.
European cities break with their homophobic twin cities
The French city of Saint-Jean-de-Braye she was the first to break her association with Tuchow in Poland, stating that the relationship was now "tainted". Like the city of fermoy in the Republic of Ireland and the city of Nieuwegein in the Netherlands.
"France is committed to combating human rights violations based on sexual orientation," the representatives said in a statement. "We cannot accept that the ties that unite our two cities through a twinning oath become contaminated. We condemn the position taken by our twin city of Tuchów «.
The EU has also threatened to cut pandemic recovery funds to LGBT-free regions. The commission expressly asked anti-LGBT + governors to confirm in writing how exactly the money will be used to “measures that promote equality and non-discrimination ”.
Source: pinknews
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