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22nd April, 2026
Court finds anti-LGBTQ law violates EU values
The EU’s top court has ruled that Hungary has become the first European country to violate basic EU fundamental values, as laid out in the Lisbon Treaty, by targeting LGBTQ people in its so-called Child Protection Law.
The legislation severely violates the ban on disadvantageous discrimination, the honouring of private and family life and the freedom of expression and information.
The Court stressed that the regulation stigmatises transgender and non-heterosexual persons and creates the impression that their presence in itself is harmful to children.
According to the ruling the law treats LGBTQ people as a social group which presents a danger, a practice that violates human dignity and can contribute to their social expulsion.
Hungary argued that its measures are necessary to protect national identity and children. The Court rejected this, stressing that the violation of EU basic values cannot be justified with such an argument.
The ruling is binding, with no scope for appeal and must be implemented with immediate effect. Hungary has now to repeal those provisions that violate EU law.
From the blocked EU funds about €700-800 million is inaccessible for Hungary because of this regulation. If Parliament nullifies the modifications objected to, these funds will be unfrozen.
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Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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