European Court of Justice rules Hungary's 2021 anti-LGBTQ+ law breaches EU values
Hungary's incoming government must accept continued suspension of some EU funds
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Hungary's 2021 law banning LGBTQ+ content in schools and primetime television is discriminatory and incompatible with EU fundamental rights.
Why it matters
Some EU cohesion and development funds were frozen because of the law's ban on LGBTQ+ content in schools and primetime television. The ECJ judgment creates a legal test the incoming Hungarian government must satisfy when seeking restoration of those withheld funds.
Implications
- — Hungary's treasury and EU-funds management teams must halt budgeting that assumes release of the frozen cohesion and development payments immediately — continuing to allocate those funds risks uncovered expenditure when transfers remain suspended.
- — Hungary's legal and policy teams must address the ECJ's rights-based findings before pursuing reinstatement of withheld EU funds — failure to remedy the incompatibility keeps funding suspensions in place.
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