In a landmark case, the European Union's highest court ruled that all member states must recognize gender changes carried out in other countries in the region.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ), which acts as the European Union's highest court in EU law matters, this week refused to accept as valid the gender reassignment certificate obtained by Romania, Ariane Mirzarafiye Ahi. It was announced that there was a violation. In England.
The case was brought about by Mr Mirzarafieh-Ahi's request for a new birth certificate in Romania, but the district court ordered him to submit a new birth certificate in Romania rather than accept the documents from the UK. They called for new gender recognition procedures. telegraph paper report.
The Luxembourg-based court ruled that the British-Romanian dual national had undergone a legal gender transition from female to male before the UK officially left the EU, and that Bucharest was unable to process the document. The court ruled that it must be accepted.
This ruling has priority throughout the EU, meaning that if you legally change your gender or name in one of the 27 member states, your document should be treated as legally binding in all other EU countries. It means that.
In its judgment, the ECJ said: “Legislation in a Member State that recognizes a change of name and identity legally obtained in another Member State, in this case the United Kingdom, and refuses to include it on the birth certificate is an offence.” said. Compliant with EU law.
“This also applies if a request for approval of the change is made after the UK leaves the European Union.”
“The refusal of a Member State to recognize a change of gender identity legally acquired in another Member State will impede the exercise of the right to free movement and residence.”
The ruling could spark a new legal battle, as it effectively invalidates national laws banning people from legally changing their gender, as is the case in EU countries such as Hungary.
Commenting on the ruling, Rodrigo Ballester of the Matthias Corvinus Collegium, a Budapest-based think tank, said: The European Court of Justice has once again trampled on fundamental legal principles for ideological purposes and eroded the powers of member states through absurd reasoning.
“Its ultimate goal is not to enforce the law, but to force further integration. Not to mention, it ignores Brexit as if it never happened. It is no longer a judicial movement, but an ideological one. ”
Hungary has long been at odds with Brussels over LGBT issues, with Eurocrats threatening Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over a 2021 law banning showing LGBT content to children in media such as movies, television, books and advertising. financially punishing conservative governments.
The law also bans the teaching of LGBT topics in schools, infuriating globalists in Brussels who froze EU funding to Hungary in a bid to force Prime Minister Orbán to repeal the law. Hungary's prime minister has previously accused the EU of acting like “colonists” who want to “dictate” how Hungarians live their lives.
