Which EU States are Out of Touch on Gay Marriage?

 

By Chris Harris

Italy is among EU countries out-of-touch with public opinion on gay rights, Euronews analysis of newly-published data reveals.

It is one of three states where a majority of citizens back same-sex marriage but whose states have a less-than-impressive ranking when it comes to legislation in this area.

The Czech Republic and Slovenia are the other countries where governments have not kept pace with the views of their citizens.

ILGA Europe, campaigners for gay rights, today released their latest rankings. On family rights, which includes same-sex marriage, they gave all three a rating of less than 50, with Italy scoring just four out of 100.

Yet a majority of citizens from Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, surveyed in 2015 by Eurobarometer, backed the concept of same-sex marriage.

Germany, Finland, Austria and Malta are the states where the majority of people questioned approve of full equal marriage rights for gay people but whose states do not yet grant them.

Finland has granted equal marriage rights to gay couples but the law will not come into force until 2017. 

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Source: Euronews