Polish President Nawrocki Vetoes LGBTQI Partnership Law
Polish right-wing nationalist President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a law aimed at legally securing informal life partnerships, including same-sex couples. The law, championed by the Left party in Prime Minister Donald Tusk's coalition, would have allowed notarized contracts for marriage-like cohabitation, addressing long-standing EU and European Court of Human Rights demands. Tusk condemned the veto as 'contempt for people and their right to happiness.' Nawrocki justified his decision by citing Article 18 of the constitution, which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and argued the law would create an alternative institution. Constitutional lawyers dispute this interpretation. The veto breaks Nawrocki's campaign promise to be a president 'of all Poles' and leaves approximately two million Poles in informal partnerships without legal protection, including access to medical information for partners.
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