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INSANE: Top eu court rules same sex marriages must be recognised across bloc | Rare Historical Photos

A top European court on Tuesday ruled that an EU nation had to recognise a gay marriage recorded in another member state, following a complaint by two Poles married in Germany, 25 November, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

The European Union's highest court on Tuesday ordered Poland to recognise a gay marriage registered in Germany after officials refused to record the union of two Poles married in Berlin in 2018.

The couple, one of whom also has German nationality, had been living in Germany. They tried to move to Poland and asked officials to register their marriage certificate, but they were refused because Polish law does not allow marriage between people of the same sex.

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