Hungary to Face EU Legal Action Over LGBTQ Rights Next Week
- EU is preparing a letter of formal notice against Hungary
- The European Commission will target the LGBTQ crackdown
Activists protest the crackdown on LGBTQ rights in front of the parliament in Budapest on July 8.
Photographer: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images
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The European Union will unveil as soon as next week legal proceedings against Hungary over its crackdown on LGBTQ rights as the bloc steps up its fight against slipping democratic standards.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is planning to send Hungary a so-called letter of formal notice, a last step before a suit at the EU’s Court of Justice, according to people familiar with the matter.