Is the EU breaching its UK treaty by failing to protect LGBT rights?

Has the EU Commission lost any sense of moral value? This week, Hungary, an EU member state, voted to impose bigoted and oppressive laws on its LGBT citizens. This amounted to a clear breach of many of our domestic laws – and it is a breach of the shared Human Rights laws. Yet the EU’s response has been dismal. Is it time for Britain to show solidarity with LGBT Hungarians – and walk away from its treaty with the EU?

The EU Commission said it is aware of what is unfolding in Hungary and that:

‘When protecting children from harmful content it is important for member states to find the right balance of relevant fundamental rights, such as the freedom of expression and non-discrimination’

But this falls far short of what it needed to say.

As well as breaching the international laws we share, these new laws breach EU law

Does this response mean the EU thinks children should be protected from knowing gay people exist? Surely, whatever your politics, there is no balance to be struck when it comes to ensuring LGBT people have basic protection in law?

This isn’t the first time that Viktor Orban’s government has sought to make life difficult for gay people.