MUNICH, June 22 — Uefa’s decision to block plans by Munich to light the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for the Germany-Hungary Euro 2020 match was met today with defiance in the Bavarian city which vowed to decorate other landmarks in protest at a law passed by the Hungarian government.
Munich’s mayor Dieter Reiter slammed Uefa’s decision as “shameful” and announced plans to decorate other city landmarks in rainbow colours in defiance. Reiter had wanted the Allianz Arena — owned by Bayern Munich — in rainbow colours for the crucial Group F match to “send a visible sign of solidarity” with Hungary’s LGBTIQ community.
“We find it very disconcerting how Uefa deals with values that should generally be accepted in society,” Markus Ulrich, a spokesman for Germany’s Lesbian and Gay Association , told AFP subsidiary SID. “Do it, Munich. Do it. Light it up for the world to see. Ah, just do it anyway,” Lineker wrote on Twitter.
“Cologne stands for diversity and tolerance. The developments in Hungary are frightening — it is all the more important to set an example against this,” a spokesman told AFP.
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