EU mandates same-sex spouses of EU citizens can live in any member state
The European Court of Justice uses a Romanian test-case to confirm freedom of movements extends to non-European same-sex spouses
Luxembourg — Same-sex partners of EU citizens have the right to live in any member state whatever their nationality, the bloc’s top court ruled on Tuesday, even in countries that do not recognise gay marriage. EU laws on freedom of movement extend to the non-European spouses of EU citizens and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment means this also includes same-sex partners. The court recognised that EU member states "have the freedom whether or not to authorise marriage between persons of the same sex," the Luxembourg-based court said. However, it added "they may not obstruct the freedom of residence of an EU citizen by refusing to grant [their] same-sex spouse, a national of a country that is not an EU member state, a derived right of residence in their territory." The court was ruling in the case of Romanian man Relu Coman and his American husband Robert Hamilton, who were married in Brussels in 2010 and two years later wanted to move to Romania. The Romanian authorities re...
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