Appeal to help 17 families in danger of losing their only homes in Voivodinovo, Bulgaria
Although the Member States have the freedom whether or not to authorise marriage between persons of the same sex, they may not obstruct the freedom of residence of an EU citizen by refusing to grant his same-sex spouse, a national of a country that is not an EU Member State, a derived right of residence in their territory
Constitutional Court’s decision effectively stops Bulgaria from ratifying the Istanbul Convention, the most important document on violence against women