- Title: Munich city hall raises rainbow flag in protest over UEFA ban
- Date: 23rd June 2021
- Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (JUNE 23, 2021) (REUTERS) RAINBOW FLAG BEING UNVEILED OUTSIDE MUNICH CITY HALL MAN UNVEILING ANOTHER RAINBOW FLAG MARIENPLATZ SQUARE WITH RAINBOW FLAGS ON CITY HALL VARIOUS OF CITY HALL DECORATED WITH RAINBOW FLAGS / UEFA FLAG FLYING NEARBY (SOUNDBITE) (German) PASSER-BY, KIARA STUERMER, SAYING: "I would have also been in favour of illuminating the stadium
- Embargoed: 7th July 2021 10:44
- Keywords: City Hall Flag Hungary LGBTIQ Rainbow Soccer UEFA
- Location: MUNICH, GERMANY
- City: MUNICH, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001EIMFDJB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: While UEFA has refused a request from Munich's mayor for the stadium to be lit in rainbow colours for Germany's Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday (June 23) in protest at an anti-LGBTQ law, Munich city has countered with decorating its city hall in rainbow coloured flags.
Pedestrians in the streets of Munich disagreed with UEFA's decision and said that it was commendable that other stadiums across Germany were adopting the measure.
Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter wanted to highlight legislation in Hungary banning school materials deemed to promote homosexuality and gender change and restricting the media from showing such content in programmes accessible to minors.
The Allianz Arena, home to Bayern Munich, is configured to allow the exterior and roofing to be lit up in colours.
But European football's governing body declined the request, offering instead alternative dates which Reiter a day earlier called "a ridiculous offer."
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