BERLIN — Europe’s governing soccer body refused on Tuesday a request by Munich to illuminate its stadium in the rainbow colors of the Pride flag when Germany meets Hungary in the European soccer championship — an act proposed to protest a recent Hungarian law that critics say is being used to target the L.G.B.T.
community. The governing body, UEFA, said the political nature of the request was a violation of its rules. “Given the political context of this specific request — a message aiming at a decision taken by the Hungarian national Parliament — UEFA must decline this request,” the organization said in a statement.
Neither team commented on the dispute. The lighting spat is the latest example of the extent to which politics and cultural.