Overview

• On June 5, Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta concluded that Hungary’s 2021 law restricting LGBTQ+ content breaches primary and secondary EU legislation.
• The measure bars media and school materials depicting non-heterosexual identities, gender transition or homosexuality under the premise of safeguarding minors.
• Ćapeta found the law encroaches on Charter rights—including non-discrimination, privacy, expression and human dignity—without evidence of potential harm to children.
• Hungarian police have invoked the law and a constitutional amendment prioritizing child protection to ban the Budapest Pride march set for June 28.
• A binding judgment from the EU Court of Justice is expected in the second half of 2025 on the Commission’s infringement case backed by 15 member states.