Timmermans calls for same-sex marriage across EU

The European Commission's vice-president Frans Timmermans considered in June 2014, during a meeting with ILGA-Europe, that the EC should try to get all the European Union member states to accept same-sex marriages.

The EU executive cannot propose bills on marriage and family affairs, policy areas reserved for national governments.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The European Union and rights of LGBT people http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-union-and-rights-of-lgbt-people/

ESO: Find further information in ESO on Gay Marriage http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=gay%20marriage%20&searchOption=all

http://www.ilga-europe.org/ http://www.ilga-europe.org/

ESO: Background information: Same-Sex Marriage: The EU is Lagging Behind http://www.europeansources.info/record/same-sex-marriage-the-eu-is-lagging-behind/

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