In its judgment on Thursday 23 April in Case C-507/18, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that homophobic statements constitute discrimination in employment, even if no recruitment procedure is under way, when they are made by a person who has or can be perceived as having a decisive influence on an employer’s recruitment policy.
In the present case, the case concerned an Italian lawyer who had stated on a radio programme that he did not wish to recruit homosexuals...