Euro 2020, Uefa: yes to rainbow flags in the Budapest stadium

The rainbow flag can enter the stadium in Budapest, where the Netherlands and the Czech Republic compete for the round of 16 of Euro 2020. Uefa clarifies this, after the news according to which some Dutch fans, in areas of the Euro 2020 fanzone in the capital Hungarian, would have been prevented from displaying the rainbow flags, although Uefa denied banning the symbol Uefa added that it had warned the Hungarian Football Association to allow “rainbow-colored symbols” in the Puskas Arena. Dutch media reported that agents on duty in the stadium area would tell fans not to show the rainbow flag before the match, which Dutch supporters led to Budapest in dissent against a recently introduced Hungarian law banning the promotion of related content. homosexuality and gender change. “Uefa had informed the Hungarian Football Association that the rainbow-colored symbols are not political and that in line with Uefa’s Equal Game campaign which aims to combat any kind of discrimination, including against the LGBTQI + community , such flags will be admitted to the stadium. Contrary to Dutch media reports, UEFA would like to clarify that it has not banned any rainbow symbols from the Budapest fan zone and that the fan zone is the responsibility of the local authorities. , would very well accept any such symbol in the fan zone “, the official position of Uefa.