March 21, 2026

Poland will begin recognizing same-sex marriages concluded in EU countries

Same-sex marriages concluded in other EU countries will begin to be recognized in Poland. This ruling was issued on March 20 by the country's Supreme Administrative Court, according to DW. The decision was made in the case of a Polish couple who married in Germany in 2018. Later, the spouses arrived in Warsaw, where the authorities refused to register their marriage, citing its constitutional definition as a union between a man and a woman. In November 2025, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled that the refusal to register such a marriage violates EU law. Now, the court in Poland found no grounds to believe that 'registering a marriage of same-sex individuals poses a threat to the principles of public order'. As AFP writes, this decision was met with applause in the courtroom, where activists and same-sex couples had gathered. In early March, the marriage of two men was recognized for the first time in Ukraine.