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European Parliament calls for legalization of same-sex relationships
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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The European Parliament calls on the countries of the European Union, including Latvia, to consider the possibility of registering same-sex relationships (partnerships or marriages).
The European Parliament resolution condemning homophobia was adopted by 430 members of parliament, 105 against and 59 abstaining.
Latvia is among the countries (Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania and Hungary) that the European Parliament has used to highlight shortcomings in regulations and decisions regarding homophobia and violence against members of same-sex relationships.
As the DELFI portal has previously written, the Association of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transpersons and Their Friends "Mosaic" submitted its version of the Law on Partnerships to the Saeima, which was sharply criticized by the then President Valdis Zatlers, the Lawyers' Association and a number of public organizations, who believe that this version of the law puts sexual minorities in a privileged position.
"Mosaic" emphasizes that the proposed bill "helps both homosexual and heterosexual couples who have not registered their relationship and do not want to do so."
Let us add that same-sex marriages are legal in seven European countries - Belgium, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. In another 15 European countries, the law allows "partnership" relations between same-sex couples.