Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, addresses the plenary and gives her introductory speech in Strasbourg on the anti-LGBTQ protesters breaking up Pride festival in Tbilisi (Georgia) on Saturday 8/07. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

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Strasbourg

plenary session

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

president's agenda

Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the anti-LGBTQ protesters breaking up Pride festival in Tbilisi (Georgia) on Saturday 8/07

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Dear colleagues. Last Saturday, we also witnessed what happened with violent disruption of the Tbilisi pride in Georgia. Until LGBTQ rhetoric, disinformation and violence have no place in these debates and the lives and safety of the LGBTQ community must be a priority. People deserve to live their lives free from fear. From here, I wanted to signal our solidarity and our support.