By adopting a law in 2021 prohibiting minors from accessing content representing LGBTIQ+ people, Hungary has violated the fundamental values (Article 2 TEU) on which the European Union is founded, ruled the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in a judgment handed down on Tuesday 21 April (case C-769/22), a week after the election defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
On the basis of the Opinion of the Advocate General (see EUROPE B13654A26), the CJEU finds that the action...