Recognition of same-sex unions in Europe

Debate has occurred throughout Europe over proposals to legalise same-sex marriage as well as same-sex civil unions. Currently 31 of the 50 countries and the 8 dependent territories in Europe recognise some type of same-sex unions, among them most members of the European Union (23/27).

Laws regarding same-sex partnerships in Europe¹

  Marriage

  Civil union

  Limited domestic recognition (cohabitation)

  Limited foreign recognition (residency rights)

  Unrecognized

  Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples

¹ May include recent laws or court decisions that have not yet entered into effect.

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Countries performing civil unions in Europe

  Gender-neutral civil unions.

  Civil unions for same-sex couples only.

  Former civil unions for same-sex couples, replaced by marriage.

  Civil unions never performed.

As of July 2020, sixteen European countries legally recognise and perform same-sex marriages: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[nb 1] An additional fourteen European countries legally recognise some form of civil union, namely Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

Poland and Slovakia recognise cohabitation for very limited purposes. Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, and Slovakia recognise same-sex marriages performed within the EU and including an EU citizen for granting legal residence.

Of the countries that recognise and perform same-sex marriages some still allow couples to enter civil unions, e.g. Benelux countries, France and the United Kingdom,[nb 2] whereas Germany, Ireland and the Nordic countries have terminated their pre-marriage civil union legislation so that existing unions remain but new ones are not possible.

Several European countries do not recognise any form of same-sex unions. Marriage is defined as a union solely between a man and a woman in the constitutions of Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Of these, however, Croatia, Hungary and Montenegro recognise same-sex partnerships.

Current situation

European Court of Human Rights

Over the years, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has handled cases that challenged the lack of legal recognition of same-sex couples in certain member states. The Court has held that the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) requires member states to provide legal recognition, but does not require marriage to be opened to same-sex couples.

In Schalk and Kopf v Austria (24 June 2010), the European Court of Human Rights decided that the European Convention on Human Rights does not oblige member states to legislate for or legally recognise same-sex marriages.[1] However, the Court, for the first time, accepted same-sex relationships as a form of "family life".

In Vallianatos and Others v Greece (7 November 2013),[2] the Court held that exclusion of same-sex couples from registering a civil union, a legal form of partnership available to opposite-sex couples, violates the Convention. Greece had enacted a law in 2008 that established civil unions for opposite-sex couples only. A 2015 law extended partnership rights to same-sex couples.

Oliari and Others v Italy (21 July 2015)[3] went further and established a positive obligation upon member states to provide legal recognition for same-sex couples. Italy thus breached the Convention; it eventually implemented civil unions in 2016. The decision set a precedent for potential future cases regarding the 23 member states, certain British and Dutch territories, and the states with limited recognition (excluding Kosovo), that currently do not recognise same-sex couples' right to family life.[4]

Chapin and Charpentier v France (9 June 2016) largely confirmed Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, holding that denying a same-sex couple access to marriage does not violate the Convention.[5] At the time of the judgment, France did allow same-sex marriage, however, the case originated from 2004, when only pacte civil de solidarité (PACS) was available to same-sex couples in France.

European Union

Some debate occurred within the European Union about how to require member states to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other member states, as well as any European citizens' civil unions or registered partnerships, so as to ensure the right of freedom of movement for citizens' family members.[6]

In 2010, Romanian LGBT activist Adrian Coman and his American partner, Robert Claibourn Hamilton, married in Belgium, and subsequently attempted to relocate to Romania. Romanian authorities refused to recognise their marriage and the case progressed to the European Court of Justice.[7] On 11 January 2018, the ECJ's advocate general, Melchior Wathelet, issued an official legal opinion stating that an EU member country cannot refuse residency rights to the same-sex spouse of an EU citizen on the grounds that it does not recognise same-sex marriage.[8]

On 5 June 2018, the ECJ ruled in Coman's favour, stating the term "spouse" was gender-neutral, and member states are therefore obliged to recognise EU residency rights for partners of EU citizens. However, the court confirmed that it will still be up to member states whether to authorise same-sex marriage.[9][10]

National level

Status	Country	Since	Country population (Last Census count)
Marriage (16 countries) * In nine countries that have passed marriage, other types of partnerships are available too.	Austria*	2019[11]	8,504,850
	Belgium*	2003[12]	11,198,638
	Denmark	2012[13]	5,655,750
	Finland	2017[14][15]	5,470,820
	France*	2013[16]	66,030,000
	Germany	2017[17]	80,716,000
	Iceland	2010[18]	325,671
	Ireland	2015[19]	4,609,600
	Luxembourg*	2015[20]	549,680
	Malta*	2017[21]	446,547
	Netherlands[nb 3]*	2001[22][23]	16,856,620
	Norway	2009[24]	5,136,700
	Portugal*	2010[25]	10,427,301
	Spain*	2005[26]	46,704,314
	Sweden	2009[27]	10,161,797
	United Kingdom[nb 1]*	2020[28][29][30]	67,647,579
Subtotal	—	—	340,441,867 (39.42% of the European population)
Recognition of foreign marriage (1 country - also recognizes civil unions)	Estonia	2016[31]	1,315,819
Subtotal	—	—	1,315,819 (0.2% of the European population)
Other type of partnership (14 countries) * In four of the countries that have passed other types of partnerships, yet another type of partnership is available too.	Andorra*	2005[nb 4][32]	85,082
	Croatia	2014[nb 5][33]	4,284,889
	Czech Republic*	2006[nb 6][34]	10,513,209
	Cyprus[nb 7]	2015[35]	1,117,000[nb 8]
	Greece	2015[36]	10,816,286
	Hungary*	2009[nb 9][37]	9,877,365
	Italy*	2016[nb 10][38]	60,782,668
	Liechtenstein	2011[39]	37,132
	Monaco	2020[40]	36,371
	Montenegro	2021	647,905
	San Marino	2019[41]	32,570
	Slovenia	2006[nb 11][42][43]	2,061,085
	Switzerland	2007[44]	8,183,800
Subtotal	—	—	108,475,362 (12.56% of the European population)
Unregistered cohabitation (2 countries)	Slovakia	2018[45][46]	5,415,949
	Poland	2012[47]	38,483,957
Subtotal	—	—	43,899,906 (5.08% of the European population)
Total	—	—	494,132,954 (57.22% of the European population)
No recognition (9 countries)	Albania	—	3,020,209
	Azerbaijan	—	9,494,600
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	3,871,643
	Kazakhstan	—	17,948,816
	North Macedonia	—	2,058,539
	Romania	—	19,942,642
	Turkey	—	76,667,864
	Vatican City	—	842
Subtotal	—	—	133,005,155 (15.40% of the European population)
Constitutional ban on marriage (15 countries) ** Other types of partnerships are available.	Armenia	2015[48]	3,018,854
	Belarus	1994[49]	9,475,100
	Bulgaria	1991[50]	7,364,570
	Croatia**	2013[51][52]	4,284,889
	Georgia	2018[53]	4,935,880
	Hungary**	2012[54][55]	9,877,365
	Latvia	2006[56][57]	1,990,300
	Lithuania	1992[58]	2,944,459
	Moldova	1994[59]	3,557,600
	Montenegro**	2007[60]	647,905
	Poland**	1997[61][62][63][64]	38,483,957
	Russia	2020	143,700,000
	Serbia	2006[65]	7,209,764
	Slovakia**	2014[66][67]	5,415,949
	Ukraine	1996[68]	44,291,413
Subtotal	—	—	287,198,005 (33.26% of the European population)
Total	—	—	420,203,160 (48.66% of the European population)

Partially-recognised and unrecognised states

Status	Country	Since	State population (Last estimate count)
No recognition (5 states)	Abkhazia	—	243,564
	Kosovo	—	1,907,592
	Northern Cyprus	—	313,626
	South Ossetia	—	51,547
	Transnistria	—	475,665
Subtotal	—	—	2,991,994
Constitutional ban on marriage (1 state)	Artsakh	2006[69]	150,932
Subtotal	—	—	150,932
Total	—	—	3,142,926

Sub-national level

Status	Country	Jurisdiction	Legal since	Jurisdiction population (Last Census count)
Marriage (7 jurisdictions)	Denmark	Faroe Islands	2017[70][71]	49,198
	United Kingdom	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	2014[72]	15,700
		Alderney	2018[73]	2,020
		Gibraltar	2016[74][75]	32,194
		Guernsey	2017[76][77]	62,948
		Isle of Man	2016[78]	84,497
		Jersey	2018[79]	100,080
		Sark	2020[80]	600
Total				347,237 (0.05% of the European population)

Future legislation

Government proposals or proposals with a parliamentary majority

Andorra: On 10 March 2020, the three parties forming the governing coalition, the Democrats, the Liberal Party and Committed Citizens, presented the draft of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.[81][82][83] After consultation with the Bar Association and the Superior Council of Justice (CSJ), the bill was introduced to the General Council on 24 November 2020.[84] If enacted, the new law would take effect on 1 June 2021.[85]

Czech Republic: On 13 June 2018, 46 deputies from ANO 2011, the Pirate Party, the Czech Social Democratic Party, the Communist Party, TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents submitted a bill to legalise same-sex marriage. The Civic Democratic Party, Freedom and Direct Democracy and KDU–ČSL are opposed.[86] On 22 June 2018, the Czech government gave their backing to the bill.[87] The first reading of the same-sex marriage bill was scheduled for 31 October, but was held some weeks later, on 14 November.[88][89] A vote on the legislation was expected on 26 March 2019 but did not take place.[90] On 10 January 2019, President Miloš Zeman stated that he might veto the bill legalising same-sex marriage, if it is passed by Parliament.[91][92] Such a veto would force a second vote on the law, with the support of 50% + 1 of deputies required to override the presidential veto and pass the law.

Switzerland: On 16 June 2017, the Federal Assembly voted by 118–71 in favour of a proposal by the Green Liberal party to launch a parliamentary study on same-sex marriage. On 6 July 2018, the Legal Affairs Committee voted to proceed with the initiative by legislation, rather than constitutional amendment and referendum. The National Council voted in favor of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage and allow lesbian couples to have access to artificial insemination and automatic co-parenting by 132-52 with 13 abstentions on 11 June 2020.[93] The bill passed the Council of States on 1 December 2020 with some minor amendments, by a vote of 22–15 with 7 abstentions.[94] The right-wing party EDU announced that it would collect the 50,000 signatures to mandate a referendum,[95] in which passage of the bill would now only require the approval of a majority of the popular vote.[96]

Government proposals or proposals with a parliamentary majority

Bosnia and Herzegovina: In October 2018, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced the formation of a working group to examine the legal status of same-sex couples in the Federation, with the ultimate goal of proposing a legal solution for same-sex civil unions. The working group was established in January 2020 and was due to start working in April 2020, but the start was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[97]

Lithuania: In December 2020, MP Tomas Raskevicius of the Freedom Party said that the Lithuanian government will submit a bill for civil partnerships in March 2021. The bill's introduction was a condition for creating the ruling coalition.[98]

Kosovo: On 7 July 2020, Justice Minister Selim Selimi introduced a revised Civil Code that he said included a path to allowing same-sex civil unions, while restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples. After the civil code is passed, a special law for civil unions will be required.[99]

Serbia: In November 2020, Gordana Čomić, Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue, announced that a law on same-sex partnerships would be brought before parliament in the first half of 2021.[100][101]

Public opinion

Public support for same-sex marriage from EU member states as measured from a 2015 poll is the greatest in the Netherlands (91%), Sweden (90%), Denmark (87%), Spain (84%), Ireland (80%), Belgium (77%), Luxembourg (75%), the United Kingdom (71%) and France (71%).[102] In recent years, support has risen most significantly in Malta, from 18% in 2006 to 65% in 2015 and in Ireland from 41% in 2006 to 80% in 2015.[103]

After the approval of same-sex marriage in Portugal in January 2010, 52% of the Portuguese population stated that they were in favor of the legislation.[104] In 2008, 58% of the Norwegian voters supported same-sex marriage, which was introduced in the same year, and 31 percent were against it.[105] In January 2013, 54.1% of Italians respondents supported same-sex marriage.[106] In a late January 2013 survey, 77.2% of Italians respondents supported the recognition of same-sex unions.[107]

In Greece support more than tripled between 2006 and 2017. In 2006, 15% of Greeks said that they agreed with same-sex marriage being allowed throughout Europe,[103] rising to 50.04% by 2017. A survey in 2020 indicated that 56% of the Greek population accept same-sex marriage.[108] [109]

In Ireland, a 2008 survey revealed 84% of people supported civil unions for same-sex couples (and 58% for same-sex marriage),[110] while a 2010 survey showed 67% supported same-sex marriage[111] by 2012 this figure had risen to 73% in support.[112] On 22 May 2015, 62.1% of the electorate voted to enshrine same-sex marriage in the Irish constitution as equal to heterosexual marriage.

In Croatia, a poll conducted in November 2013 revealed that 59% of Croats think that marriage should be constitutionally defined as a union between a man and a woman, while 31% do not agree with the idea.[113] In Poland, support for same sex marriages has increased from 17% in 2006[114] to 45% in 2019,[115] according to Eurobarometer; other polls show a majority supporting registered parterships.[116][117]

In the European Union, support tends to be the lowest in Bulgaria, Latvia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Lithuania. The average percentage of support for same-sex marriage in the European Union as of 2006 when it had 25 members was 44%, which had descended from a previous percentage of 53%. The change was caused by more socially conservative nations joining the EU.[103] In 2015, with 28 members, average support was at 61%.[102]

Opinion polls

  Indicates the country/territory has legalised same-sex marriage nationwide

  Indicates that same-sex marriage is legal in certain parts of the country

  Indicates that the country has civil unions or registered partnerships

Opinion polls for same-sex marriage

Country	Pollster	Year	For	Against	Neutral[lower-alpha 1]	Source
Andorra	Institut d'Estudis Andorrans	2013	70%	19%	11%	[118]
Armenia	Pew Research Center	2015	3%	96%	1%	[119][120]
Austria	Eurobarometer	2019	66%	30%	4%	[121]
Belarus	Pew Research Center	2015	16%	81%	3%	[119][122][120]
Belgium	Eurobarometer	2019	82%	17%	1%	[121]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Pew Research Center	2016	13%	84%	4%	[119][120]
Bulgaria	Eurobarometer	2019	16%	74%	10%	[121]
Croatia	Eurobarometer	2019	39%	55%	6%	[121]
Cyprus	Eurobarometer	2019	36%	60%	4%	[121]
Czech Republic	Median agency	2019	67%	-	-	[123]
Denmark	Eurobarometer	2019	89%	8%	3%	[121]
Estonia	Eurobarometer	2019	41%	51%	8%	[121]
Finland	Eurobarometer	2019	76%	21%	3%	[121]
France	Eurobarometer	2019	79%	15%	6%	[121]
Georgia	Pew Research Center	2016	3%	95%	2%	[119][120]
Germany	Eurobarometer	2019	84%	12%	4%	[121]
Greece	Kapa Research	2020	56%	30%	4%	[124]
Hungary	Eurobarometer	2019	33%	61%	6%	[121]
Iceland	Gallup	2004	87%	-	-	[125]
Ireland	Eurobarometer	2019	79%	13%	8%	[121]
Italy	Eurispes	2020	59.5%	40.5%	-	[126]
Latvia	Eurobarometer	2019	24%	70%	6%	[121]
Lithuania	Eurobarometer	2019	30%	63%	7%	[121]
Luxembourg	Eurobarometer	2019	85%	9%	6%	[121]
Malta	Eurobarometer	2019	67%	25%	8%	[121]
Moldova	Pew Research Center	2015	5%	92%	3%	[119][120]
Netherlands	Eurobarometer	2019	92%	8%	0%	[121]
Norway	Pew Research Center	2017	72%	19%	9%	[122]
Poland	Eurobarometer	2019	45%	50%	5%	[121]
Portugal	Eurobarometer	2019	74%	20%	6%	[121]
Romania	Eurobarometer	2019	29%	63%	8%	[121]
Russia	FOM	2019	7%	87%	6%	[127]
Serbia	Pew Research Center	2015	12%	83%	4%	[119][120]
Slovakia	Eurobarometer	2019	20%	70%	10%	[121]
Slovenia	Eurobarometer	2019	62%	35%	3%	[121]
Spain	Eurobarometer	2019	86%	9%	5%	[121]
Sweden	Eurobarometer	2019	92%	6%	2%	[121]
Switzerland	gfs-zürich	2020	81%	18%	1%	[128]
Turkey	Ipsos	2015	27%	44%	29%	[129]
Ukraine	Pew Research Center	2016	9%	85%	6%	[119][120]
United Kingdom	Eurobarometer	2019	85%	12%	3%	[121]

Opinion polls for same-sex marriage by dependent territory

Country	Pollster	Year	For	Against	Neutral[lower-alpha 1]	Source
Faroe Islands	Gallup Føroyar	2016	64%	30%	6%	[130]
Gibraltar	Inter-Ministerial Committee Consultation	2015	63%	37%	0%	[131]
Northern Ireland	YouGov	2019	55%	-	-	[132][133]

Notes

1. Also comprises: Don't know; No answer; Other; Refused.

See also

• LGBT rights in Europe
• LGBT rights in the European Union
• LGBT adoption in Europe
• Recognition of same-sex unions in Africa
• Recognition of same-sex unions in the Americas
• Recognition of same-sex unions in Asia
• Recognition of same-sex unions in Oceania

Notes

1. Including all Crown Dependencies, and European overseas territories
2. Excluding Guernsey and Overseas Territories (except Gibraltar).
3. Excluding Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
4. Stable union since 2005 and civil union since 2014.
5. Unregistered cohabitation between 2003 and 2014. Life partnerships životno partnerstvo since 2014.
6. Unregistered cohabitation since 2001 and registered partnerships registrované partnerství since 2006.
7. Excluding the disputed region of Northern Cyprus.
8. Including the disputed region of Northern Cyprus.
9. Unregistered cohabitation élettársi kapcsolat and registered partnerships bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolat since 2009.
10. Civil unions and cohabitation agreements since 2016.
11. Registrirana partnerska skupnost between 2006 and 2017. Partnership (partnerska zveza) since 2017.

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