Civil Partnerships Law Project
On 23 February 2008, Péter Eckstein-Kovács, a parliamentarian from the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, proposed the legalisation of registered partnerships which would allow unmarried same-sex and opposite-sex couples a number of rights. He said that the current Family Code was "adopted more than fifty years ago and no longer reflects social realities, both in the case of homosexuals and heterosexuals". This marks the first time that a Romanian politician has explicitly supported civil partnerships for same-sex couples.
On 23 July 2008, Péter Eckstein-Kovács introduced a civil partnership bill in the Senate. However, the bill died in the Senate following the 2008 Romanian legislative election.
A civil partnerships bill was introduced by the Democratic Liberal Deputy Viorel Arion in February 2011. It would provide same-sex and opposite-sex couples with some of the rights of marriage. It received a favourable recommendation from the Legislative Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. However, the bill was opposed by the Government, which stated that the Civil Code only recognises one form of relationship in Romania (marriage between a man and a woman).
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