Case T-781/25: Action brought on 13 November 2025 – Iszák and Kohéziós politika a régiók egyenlőségéért polgári kezdeményezés polgári bizottsága v Commission
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European citizens' initiative, cultural pluralism, discrimination on the basis of nationality, economic and social cohesion, minority language, petition, protection of minorities, regional culture, regional development, rights of minorities








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C/2026/119


5.1.2026






Action brought on 13 November 2025 – Iszák and Kohéziós politika a régiók egyenlőségéért polgári kezdeményezés polgári bizottsága v Commission


(Case T-781/25)

(C/2026/119)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties


Applicants: Balázs-Árpad Izsák (Marosvásárhely, Romania), Kohéziós politika a régiók egyenlőségéért és regionális kultúrák fenntarthatóságáért európai polgári kezdeményezés polgári bizottsága (Marosvásárhely) (represented by: D. Sobor, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






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annul Commission Communication C/2025/4991 of 11 September 2025 on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional culture’
                   (1) (‘the Communication’); and










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order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on three pleas in law.






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First plea in law, alleging infringement of essential procedural requirements, including breach of the principle of sound administration, infringement of the obligation to state reasons, and failure to carry out a diligent and impartial examination (Article 296 TFEU; recitals 6 and 28 and Article 15(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788; (2) Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’))






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In the context of the meeting with the organisers and the preparatory steps prior to that meeting, the Commission failed to give the organisers reasonable period of time in which to prepare for that meeting and, thereafter, in the Communication, the Commission failed to assess fully the merits of the organisers’ claims and the evidence that they submitted.










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The reasoning contained in the contested Communication is illogical and contains a series of contradictions that prevent the grounds of the legal act from being correctly understood.










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The Commission failed to carry out a diligent and substantive examination of the initiative, and furthermore infringed its obligation to state reasons in a clear, comprehensible and detailed manner.














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Second plea, alleging infringement of the Treaties and that the statement of reasons is unfounded (Article 2 TEU; Articles 167, 174 to 177 and 352 TFEU; Articles 21 and 22 of the Charter)






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The Commission erred in considering, in breach of the Treaties, that the European Union lacked the legislative powers in relation to some of proposals put forward by the organisers.










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The Commission infringed its legislative obligations by failing to take the steps necessary to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion, reduce disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions.














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Third plea, alleging that the effectiveness of participatory democracy has been undermined (Article 10(3) and Article 11(4) TEU).






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The Commission failed to carry out a substantive, transparent and diligent examination of the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional culture’.










(1)  OJ C, C/2025/4991.

(2)  Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the European Citizens’ Initiative (OJ 2019 L 130, p. 55).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/119/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)