The European Commission, 16 of 27 member states and the European Parliament took Hungary to the EU’s top court over the law, in what has been billed as the largest human rights case in the bloc’s history.
It outraged activists and leaders across the EU who criticised it for stigmatising LGBTQ people and equating same-sex relations to paedophilia.
She recommended that the court declare Budapest in “infringement” of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), which sets out the fundamental values on which the bloc is founded.
The opinion of the advocate general is not binding on the court, which is expected to issue a ruling later this year.
A finding against Budapest could lead to a large fine and potentially kickstart a procedure to suspend Hungary’s voting rights in EU meetings.
The rights in question are the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex and sexual orientation, the respect for private and family life, the freedom of expression and information, and the right to human dignity.
The central European country, under Orban’s rule, has passed a series of laws slammed as curbing the rights of sexual and gender minorities -- including a bill seeking to ban Pride march set for June 28 that is based on the 2021 legislation.
Some bookshops have faced fines for carrying graphic novels and other titles with LGBTQ characters in their youth sections, according to advocacy group Reclaim.
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