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A year after 200,000 defied a government ban, Budapest Pride returned on June 27 — this time legal, police-protected, and marching in 38°C heat through a country whose politics have shifted underneath it.
Hungary's incoming prime minister campaigned on vague promises of tolerance and almost no direct commitments on queer rights. The European Court of Justice has just forced the question onto his agenda.
The Court of Justice of the European Union found that Hungary's 2021 'propaganda' law violates core EU values — the first time the bloc has ruled a member state breached Article 2 of its founding treaty.
On Tuesday, the European Court of Justice delivers its judgment in Commission v. Hungary, the first infringement case to rely on Article 2 TEU as a standalone basis. Here's what's at stake.
Péter Magyar's landslide victory ends 16 years of Fidesz rule and Europe's most aggressive anti-LGBTQ+ government. But the new prime minister's record on queer rights is cautious at best.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony faces criminal charges for co-organizing last summer's banned Pride march. Meanwhile, Hungary is gearing up to use biometric surveillance against future attendees — a move the EU says may violate its own AI Act.
