11 February 2026
A Prematurely Hailed Victory
Last year, the CJEU issued a seminal ruling concerning cross-border recognition of same-sex marriages, obliging Poland to acknowledge such unions in the civil register. Given Poland’s legal architecture, marriage transcription alone will not enhance protection of same-sex couples. No rights granted to heterosexual couples by virtue of marriage will be conferred on same-sex couples following the transcription. For this to happen, recognition of same-sex marriages in the civil register must go in tandem with the adoption of a statutory regulation of same-sex unions. Continue reading >>
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