“Georgia has just passed an anti- LGBTQI law that is discriminatory and violates basic human rights. I say very clearly: This is also distancing Georgia from Europe,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in his welcoming speech at a queer political human rights conference of the SPD parliamentary group in Berlin on September 27.

According to the German Chancellor, the situation for queer people around the world is becoming increasingly worse.

“Everyone here in Germany must be able to live freely, without fear and in safety, safe from hatred, violence, discrimination and insults,” he said.

Olaf Scholz emphasized that the state has a duty to protect, which it must fulfil; That is why the federal government has reformed criminal law and ensured that gender-specific crimes and crimes against sexual orientation are recorded and punished more severely.

“When I travel abroad, I regularly meet with NGOs and human rights groups, not only to support them but also to give them support. I address the human rights situation in my discussions in critical countries, and that is really necessary.

Georgia, for example, has just passed an anti- LGBTQI law that is discriminatory and violates basic human rights. I say very clearly: This is also distancing Georgia from Europe,” he stated.