nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f6b7ad460dfd87ad DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241205s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f6b7ad460dfd87ad doi eng 342 23 de Cecco, Francesco Author aut Added value(s)? - On the Hearing in Commission v Hungary de Cecco, Francesco Verfassungsblog 2024-12-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier During the hearing in the infringement proceedings against Hungary’s ‘anti- LGBTIQ+ Law’, the Commission placed the values of the EU at the heart of its pleas. Following its publication in the Official Journal, some expected (while others feared) that the Commission’s infringement action would rely on Article 2 TEU (which set out the values of the EU) as a self-standing ground. Instead, during the hearing, the Commission’s representatives were adamant that Article 2 may only be invoked in connection with other EU law provisions. That is a welcome clarification. Grounding an infringement action solely on Article 2 would be unwise. Yet, the inclusion of these values among the pleas is legally, politically, and morally significant. CC BY-SA 4.0 Art. 2 TEU EU Commission EU values Infringement Procedure Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/commission-v-hungary/ raw object