Throughout the month of June, we are celebrating International Pride Month. The theme of Helsinki Pride this year is ‘Peace and Hope’. We all have the right to peace. We all have the right to hope. They have been selected as this year’s theme for a good reason.

The Government supports the Commission’s proposal to extend the scope of the proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities to include third-country nationals who are legally residing in the territory of an EU Member State. Today, the Government submitted a Union communication on the matter to Parliament.

Transgender legislation will be reformed. The legal recognition of gender will be separated from medical examinations and treatments. The Act on Legal Recognition of Gender will enter into force on 3 April 2023. At the same time, the Act on Legal Recognition of the Gender of Transsexuals will be repealed.