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EU court starts hearing case over Hungary’s alleged anti-LGBTQ law

An employee of a bookstore in Budapest wraps a book featuring LGBTQ content in closed packaging to comply with the Hungarian Child Protection Act [File: Bela Szandelszky/AP Photo]

The top court in the European Union has started hearing a case that marks a major confrontation between Hungary and the bloc over a law criticised as being anti-LGBTQ.

A lawyer for the European Commission, which in December 2022 referred the case to the Court of Justice, told the tribunal on Tuesday that the legislation was a “massive and flagrant violation of several important EU rules”.

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