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Sticker of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán on the drainpipe at 108 Boulevard Anspach in Brussels city-centre on Sunday (Photo: euobs.com)

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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

Sticker of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán on the drainpipe at 108 Boulevard Anspach in Brussels city-centre on Sunday (Photo: euobs.com)

The drainpipe in Brussels by which a far-right Hungarian MEP fled an illegal gay orgy during the Covid lockdown still attracts tourists, who take pics to remember what Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán really represents.

The married MEP, József Szájer, had co-founded Orbán's homophobic Fidesz party and had been his right-hand man for 30 years. 

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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