The European Parliament is to vote on Poland’s LGBT+ record as some politicians demand it loses EU funding over the issue. The European Union has already rejected funding for six towns in Poland that have declared themselves ‘LGBT Free Zones’.
But now campaigners are calling on Europe to intervene more aggressively. This week European and Polish LGBT+ groups submitted a legal complaint to the European Commission over Poland’s ‘Family Charters’ and ‘LGBT Free’ areas.
One of the campaigners involved Miko Czerwiński of Fundacja Równości (The Equality Foundation) said the zones are leading to LGBT+ people losing their jobs and facing violence.