The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled this week that homosexuals who live in countries that do not allow gay marriage will have the same employment benefits as married heterosexuals.
The measure, however, has partial jurisdiction. Only seven European countries will be required to comply with the measure. Ireland, for example, whose population is extremely conservative, must follow the new measure.
Couples from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Greece, Malta and Cyprus, in addition to Italy, will be left out of the new law. However, in these cases, debates are already taking place around the recognition of homosexual unions.
"In Poland, there were two proposals in Parliament that were overturned. There are debates in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia. The Greeks were recently condemned by the European Court of Human Rights because they introduced alternative (legislation) to marriage, but only for heterosexuals" , declared Juris Lavrikovs, spokesperson for the International Gay and Lesbian Association
According to Lavrikovs, it is a "matter of time" for these countries to start following the measure that benefits the LGBT community and become equal to the rest.
