nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/400ef82167e89a18 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251201s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/400ef82167e89a18 doi eng 342 23 Lamprinoudis, Konstantinos Author aut The Trojan Horse of Free Movement Law - Unfolding Non-Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in “Trojan” Lamprinoudis, Konstantinos Verfassungsblog 2025-12-01 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 25 November 2025, the EU Court of Justice confirmed in “Trojan” that Member States are obliged to recognise the marriage between two same-sex EU citizens lawfully concluded in another Member State in the exercise of their freedom of movement, even if their national legislation does not allow such marriage. While this outcome was largely foreseeable, the CJEU’s reliance on Article 21(1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is striking, introducing a new, potentially transformative approach to equality in EU law. CC BY-SA 4.0 Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinie | Europäische Union CJEU Court of Justice Court of Justice of the European Union Discrimination of Sexual Orientation Diskriminierung European Charter of Fundamental Rights LGBT Rights LGBTQ+ rights anti-discrimination freedom of movement (DE-588)4753709-7 gnd Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinie | Europäische Union (DE-588)4012472-1 gnd Diskriminierung Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/trojan-discrimination-cjeu/ raw object