Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán was named "King of European Pride" after his attempts to cancel the festivities increased turnout massively.

Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and 70 MEPs travelled to Hungary to protest the banning of the Pride march - but opposition leader Peter Magyar was absent. View on euronews

The ban was based on a new law, passed by the big majority held by Orban's Fidesz party in parliament, subordinating the freedom of assembly to a 2021 Child Protection law that equated homosexuality with paedophilia, and therefore banned the portrayal or promotion of homosexuality in places where children might see it.