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EU Court Orders Hungary to Scrap Anti-LGBTQ Law

The decision empowers the European Commission to pursue financial penalties for noncompliance.

FILE - Participants in the Pride march cross the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rudolf Karancsi, File)
European Union flags flutter outside the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
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Overview

  • Hungary broke EU law with its 2021 curb on LGBTQ+ content for minors, the EU’s top court ruled Tuesday, and it ordered the law repealed.
  • The judges said the measures stigmatize gay and trans people and amount to a serious interference with fundamental rights.
  • The court found breaches of Article 2 values, the freedom to provide and receive services in the single market, and EU data‑protection rules.
  • The European Commission brought the case with support from 15 member states and the European Parliament, and it can now seek fines if Budapest refuses to comply.
  • The ruling sets an early test for incoming leader Péter Magyar after Viktor Orbán’s government banned Pride events last year and let police use biometric cameras to identify organizers and attendees.