A mere nine days after Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat to an opponent striking a conciliatory tone with the European Union, the European Court of Justice struck down Hungary’s Child Protection Law designed to keep the rainbow wolves at bay.
Via Euronews (emphasis added):
“The European Court of Justice rules that Hungary’s 2021 Child Protection Law unlawfully discriminates against LGBTQ+ community; the first time a member state has been found in violation of EU fundamental values charter.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary’s amended Child Protection Law violates EU law and discriminates against gay and transgender people.
It is the first time the court has found that an EU member state breached the fundamental values set out in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The law was pushed by Viktor Orbán in a referendum coinciding with a general election vote.
At the time, the law faced accusations that it unfairly criminalised gay men as pedophiles.
The ruling on Tuesday comes nine days after Hungary’s parliamentary elections, in which the opposition Tisza Party defeated Orbán’s Fidesz party…
The court said the legislation “stigmatises and marginalises non-cisgender people, including transgender people,” and noted that the law’s title links them with people convicted of paedophilia. According to the court, this association increases stigma and may encourage hostile behaviour.
All 27 judges took part in the ruling.
The court found that Hungary had violated several rights under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and ordered the country to repeal the law immediately.”
Clearly, Hungary can’t be trusted to write and enforce its own laws.
That’s the prerogative reserved for sovereign countries, not vassals of Brussels.