Participants likely to include European Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib and members of the European Parliament

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party enacted the ban, trying to create a dilemma for the opposition leader. Now it is the government that faces a tough choice.

A record number of people are expected to attend Saturday's Pride march in the Hungarian capital Budapest, defying a ban that marks an unprecedented regression of LGBTQ rights in the European Union. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling coalition amended laws and the constitution earlier this year to prohibit the annual celebration,