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Slovenia joins EU action against Hungary over anti-LGBT law

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Berlaymont lit up in rainbow colours to mark IInternational Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia and Transphobia . Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

The Slovenian government has decided to join the European Commission's lawsuit against Hungary over its anti-LGBT law. A number of member states and the European Parliament are supporting the Commission's legal action at the EU Court of Justice over what is deemed a discriminatory law.

"Slovenia wants to express its firm support for basic values that form the foundation of the EU: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of minorities," the Labour Ministry said on 6 April.

"I am proud that we have joined the still small group of EU countries and the European Commission. We are showing yet again that we will not back down when it comes to human rights. Slovenia has returned to the core group of countries friends of the rule of law," Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said on Twitter.

Hungary enacted in 2021 a number of bans and limitations on content promoting or portraying identification other than that equal to one's sex at birth, gender reassignment, or homosexuality for persons under 18.

The European Commission referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the EU over the anti-LGBT law in mid-2022. It has said it considers that the law violates the EU's internal market rules, the fundamental rights of individuals and EU values.

The action has so far been endorsed by Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, as well as the European Parliament.

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