In June, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that EU countries must recognize the immigration rights of same-sex spouses, regardless whether same-sex marriage is legal in the respective EU country. The case was brought to court by a Romanian-US couple who married in Belgium and wanted to gain automatic residency rights based on their Belgian marriage certificate for the American spouse. The ECJ ruling has set a precedent: a Bulgarian court recognized the right of a same-sex married couple to reside in the country for the first time in a landmark decision in July.
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European Same-Sex Rights Ruling Sets Precedent
In June, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that EU countries must recognize the immigration rights of same-sex spouses, regardless whether same-sex marriage is legal in the respective EU country. The case was...
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