Poland, Hungary face EU funds blockage over LGBT discrimination

Anti-LGBT manifestation 16 August, 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. [Photo: Shutterstock/MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski]

Respect for the EU charter of fundamental rights could be used to withhold EU money going to projects that trample over democracy or discriminate against gay and lesbian people, an EU official has said.

Under a deal struck in December