Gay Marriages across Europe

[andrewducker]

It's been possible for gay people to get married in the Netherlands, but travelling elsewhere meant that their marriages weren't recognised.

Now, however, the EU is set to state that if people are married in one country in the EU, they are married in all of them.

I can see a lot of people moving to the Netherlands to get married...

Which will, of course, spur other countries to liberalise their laws.

About time too.

Comments

Re: the invisible hand?

[andrewducker]

Because they'll got to the Netherlands, get married and then go home...

well

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

So what if the EU says "you have to recognize gay Dutch marriages" and Italy says "fuck that" ... what happens?

I mean, where do EU countries get leeway to disagree?

Re: well

[andrewducker]

The same place the states get to disagree when a federal law is passed.

Well, it's not quite as tight as that - there's all sorts of things that countries get a veto on, but it's fairly rare to see it used.

Re: well

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

Recognising the marriage doesn't necessarily mean that the same tax and misc other benefits will be extended to gay couples. It depends on what the EU defines as "recognition".