European politicians have criticised the Olympics committee over the decision to let Kraków, Poland host the third international European Games after the city has become one of the country’s so called ‘LGBTQ+ free zones’. Liz Barker, a member of Britain’s House of Lords and the all-party parliamentary group on global LGBTQ+ rights, told Reuters: “The European Games is an Olympic event and as such it should uphold the values of excellence, respect and friendship” and argued Kraków was not fit to host the games considering local authority’s stance on the LGBTQ+ community.Barker’s view is also shared by Terry Reintke and Marc Angel, who co-chair the European Parliament’s LGBTQ+ Intergroup and said the Olympic committee should be more.