To put an end to this, S&Ds call on the new European Commission to adopt a comprehensive EU LGBTI strategy for 2019-2024, and to react strongly whenever a member state fails to comply with EU law in this field. A newspaper, supportive of the ruling party, distributed ‘LGBT free zones’ stickers. Even worse, dozens of local authorities adopted anti-LGBTI resolutions, declaring their territories as free from ‘LGBT ideology’. “There is no such thing as ‘LGBT ideology’ but being anti-LGBTI people is part of an ultra-conservative ideology. We also need a comprehensive and ambitious EU LGBTI strategy to promote fundamental rights and protect LGBTI people,” added Claude Moraes, S&D vice-president for resilient democracies and fundamental rights.