The Court of Justice issued a ruling last week finding that a Hungarian law stigmatising and marginalising LGBTIQ+ persons breaches Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union.

Omissions

• The ruling specifically concerned Hungary's 2021 'Child Protection Act' which restricted content depicting or promoting homosexuality and gender reassignment to minors
• The Court also found breaches of the principle of non-discrimination, freedom of establishment, and free movement of services

Sources

• PrimaryCourt of Justice of the European Union - Press Release No 59/26Judgment of the Court (Full Court) of 21 April 2026 finding that Hungary breached EU law through its anti-LGBT legislation
• SecondaryThe Law Society of Ireland GazetteThe ruling found, for the first time, that a member state breached article 2 of the Treaty on European Union
• SecondaryBBC NewsThe EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty