Munich’s mayor has attacked as “shameful” the decision by Uefa to quash his city’s plans to illuminate its Allianz Arena in rainbow colours in support of LGBTQ+ rights for Germany’s Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday.
European football’s governing body said the rainbow lights would contravene its rules about political and religious neutrality.
Munich city council and LGBTQ+ activists had requested the move in protest at legislation passed by Hungary’s parliament banning gay people from featuring in school educational materials or TV shows for under-18s.
The mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, was reported on Tuesday afternoon to be planning instead to erect a huge wind turbine opposite the stadium, to be
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