Overview

• European Commission confirmed that the Article 7 procedure will remain in force until Budapest addresses serious rule-of-law concerns.
• Twenty EU member states, led by the Netherlands, signed a declaration condemning Hungary’s effective ban on Pride marches while Italy stayed out of the joint statement.
• Hungary’s May constitutional changes elevate children’s “correct physical, intellectual and moral development” above other fundamental rights, a move critics say targets LGBTQ+ freedoms.
• EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath warned that proposed AI-based facial recognition to monitor Pride participants poses a threat to the right to peaceful assembly.
• Hungarian European affairs minister Janos Boka denies any Pride ban and plans to explain the country’s constitutional and legal framework at upcoming EU hearings.