Incompatibility of Hungarian constitutional amendment with EU law
24.4.2025
Question for written answer 聽E-001658/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Alessandro Zan (S&D), Brando Benifei (S&D), Alessandra Moretti (S&D), Annalisa Corrado (S&D), Camilla Laureti (S&D), Sandro Ruotolo (S&D), Stefano Bonaccini (S&D), Dario Nardella (S&D), Giorgio Gori (S&D), Pina Picierno (S&D), Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D), Nicola Zingaretti (S&D), Giuseppe Lupo (S&D), Matteo Ricci (S&D), Antonio Decaro (S&D), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Irene Tinagli (S&D), Raffaele Topo (S&D)
With Section 13/A of the Right of Assembly Act and Amendment No 15 to the Constitution on the protection of minors, the Hungarian Government has imposed a ban on the LGBTIQA+ community from peaceful assembly and demonstration during Budapest Pride, and allowed for the use of facial recognition technologies during demonstrations.
In view of Articles 2, 3 and 7 TEU, CJEU judgment C-76/05 of 11 September 2007 and the position of the European Commission in Case C-769/22 EC v Hungary, where it is clarified that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Treaties is contrary to EU law, can the Commission state whether it intends to trigger the Article 7 TEU procedure against Hungary, for serious and persistent violations of the values guaranteed by Article 2 TEU?
Submitted: 24.4.2025