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Recognition of same-sex unions in Europe


Debate has occurred throughout Europe over proposals to legalize same-sex marriage as well as same-sex civil unions. Currently 28 of the 50 countries and 8 of the 9 dependent territories in Europe recognize some type of same-sex unions, among them most members of the European Union, 22 out of 28.

As of March 2017, thirteen European countries legally recognize and perform same-sex marriage, namely Belgium, Denmark,Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. An additional fourteen European countries legally recognize some form of civil union, namely Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Slovenia, and Switzerland. San Marino only allows immigration and cohabitation of a citizen's partner.


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