Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Clampdown Gets EU Legal Setback
Participants with a banner in reference to Budapest's Pride Parade ban during the Pride Parade in Brussels, on May 17.
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Hungary’s attempts to silence LGBTQ+ media faced a legal setback from an adviser to the European Union’s top court, as tensions flare between Budapest and Brussels over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s discriminatory policies.
“Disrespect and marginalization of a group in a society are the red lines imposed by the values of equality, human dignity and respect for human rights,” the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta said in an advisory opinion on Thursday — backing the European Commission’s claim that Hungary’s law infringes the bloc’s rules.