Poland must guarantee rights of same-sex couple married in Germany, says ECJ

Although regulations on marriage, and in particular same-sex marriage, are a matter for member states, they are required to “establish appropriate procedures” to ensure that couples married in another member state are not left in a “legal vacuum” with regard to property, taxation or inheritance rights, according to a proposal by the EU Court of Justice’s prosecutor in response to a preliminary ruling from a court in Poland.

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