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  <dc:identifier>http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f6f32c55f50042b8</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://verfassungsblog.de/commission-hungary-equality-lgbtq/</dc:identifier>
  <dc:title>Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Unveiling Non-Discrimination Considerations in Commission v. Hungary</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Lamprinoudis, Konstantinos</dc:creator>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:date>2025-06-11</dc:date>
  <dc:type>electronic resource</dc:type>
  <dc:format>text/html</dc:format>
  <dc:subject>ddc:342</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>anti-discrimination</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Equality</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>EU Law</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>European Court of Justice</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Hungary</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>LGBT Rights</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>LGBTQI</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>the Hungarian anti-LGBTIQ* law</dc:subject>
  <dc:publisher>Verfassungsblog</dc:publisher>
  <dc:relation>Verfassungsblog--2366-7044</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>CC BY-SA 4.0</dc:rights>
  <dc:description>On 5 June 2025, Advocate General Ćapeta issued her Opinion in Commission v. Hungary, a landmark ECJ case on Hungary’s “anti-LGBTIQ” law. While the law is overtly discriminatory, the Commission framed its case around internal market rules, Charter rights, and Article 2 TEU values. While this might seem curious, I argue this reflects a strategic “camouflaging” of non-discrimination claims to better protect LGBTIQ rights within the limits of current EU anti-discrimination and equality law.</dc:description>
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