As the EU barges into questions of identity, problems around minority rights are less soluble. EU institutions have to pick a side
On the same day, 140 miles from Brussels, a different story was playing out. In Luxembourg, the European Court of Justice ruled that European companies were within their rights to sack Muslim women for refusing to take off a headscarf. Such a decision did not violate the’s rules on discrimination at work so long as the rule banned all religious items of clothing and was necessary to stop “social conflict” or to avoid displeasing customers.law is supposed to provide a floor.
It was a curious moment. A law primarily designed to ensure European television channels are not swamped with American imports found itself being used to stop a Hungarian education law. Meanwhile, the’s laws against discrimination in the workplace offered little protection to Muslim women dismissed for their headwear. When it comes to the rights of minorities, theThere was a time when thecould simply ignore such questions.
This has political consequences. At a recent summit, European leaders queued up to attack Mr Orban’s proposed anti-gay law. Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, told Mr Orban that Hungary should leave theif he passes such laws. Normally, domestic Hungarian policy would not rouse a Dutch prime minister. But more money at thelevel means more money dished out to poorer countries. Dutch taxpayers foot the bill for Hungarian bigotry, which means Dutch politicians now care intensely about it.
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