ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece into Thursday turned into the original Orthodox Christian country so you can legalize same-sex civil relationship, even after opposition regarding the influential, socially conventional Greek Chapel.
Same-sex municipal partnerships were allowed in Greece since 2015
A mix-party most 176 lawmakers from the 3 hundred-chair parliament voted later Thursday in favor of the newest landmark costs drafted by the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ‘ center-right bodies. A special 76 refuted the new change when you are two abstained on vote and 46 just weren’t within our house.
Mitsotakis tweeted following vote one Greece “are happy being brand new 16th (Eu) country in order to legislate relationship equivalence.”
“This is good milestone to have person legal rights, reflecting the present Greece – a progressive, and you will democratic country, warmly committed to European thinking,” he penned.