Associated Press story about European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s condemnation of such zones. Municipal and regional governments of areas representing about a third of Poland’s population have made such declarations, which are not legally binding but definitely show hostility to LGBTQ+ people.Last year, for instance, legislators in the region of Malopolska, which encircles Krakow, adopted a resolution expressing “firm opposition to the emerging public activities aimed at promoting the ideology of LGBT movements” and saying these activities are “oriented at the annihilation of values shaped by the centuries-old heritage of Christianity,” the AP reports.That sentiment has much support in the heavily Roman Catholic country..