US EditionPoland must recognise EU same-sex marriages
- On March 20, 2026, Poland's Supreme Administrative Court ordered the registry office to recognise a same-sex marriage conducted in Germany and instructed the head of the registry to enter the certificate within 30 days.
- After asking the Court of Justice of the European Union for guidance, the NSA made a decision in 2025 that Poland must recognise the couple's marriage under EU law.
- Registry and lower courts had refused registration, citing article 18 of Poland's constitution, and judge Leszek Kirnaszek said official civil-registry forms must adapt to allow transcription of foreign same-sex marriages.
- Law and Justice responded that it will challenge the ruling at the Constitutional Tribunal , while Katarzyna Kotula welcomed it and said registry offices can recognise foreign marriages without new laws.
- The ruling raises a wider clash between the Court of Justice of the European Union and Poland's constitutional institutions, as the CJEU found that refusal to recognise such marriages breaches EU law, requiring administrative changes.
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The Polish Supreme Administrative Court decided on Friday that the Polish state has an obligation to recognise homosexual marriages completed in other countries of the European Union, the AFP shall transmit.
Poland to recognize same-sex marriages from EU states
Poland's top administrative court has ruled that same-sex marriages performed in other EU countries must be recognized. The decision follows a Polish couple who married in Germany but were denied registration in Warsaw.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Poland has ruled this Friday that the...
Poland's Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) ruled on Friday that same-sex marriages concluded in other European Union (EU) member states should be recognized by the Polish state, a historic ruling in favor of the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in this Catholic country, AFP reports.
Top Polish court orders recognition of foreign same-sex marriage
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