Catholic Poland and the European Court’s decision on same-sex marriage

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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled this week that Poland must recognise same-sex marriages legally concluded in other EU member states.

It marks a significant development in the long-running debate over the relationship between national family law and European freedom-of-movement rules.

The decision concerns a Polish couple who married in Berlin in 2018 and later requested the transcription of their marriage certificate into Poland’s civil registry, a request authorities rejected on the grounds that Polish law does not permit same-sex marriage.

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