In the Coman case, the European Court of Justice was asked whether the term “spouse”—for the purposes of EU law—includes the same-sex spouse of an EU citizen who has moved between EU Member States. The ECJ answered this question affirmatively, holding that a refusal to recognise a same-sex marriage and the resultant refusal to grant family reunification rights to a Union citizen who moves to another Member State, would constitute an unjustified restriction on the right to free movement that Union citizens enjoy under EU law. This case comment analyses the judgment, arguing that the Court’s pronouncement is a very welcome first step towards marriage equality at a cross-border level in the EU. At the same time, following the delivery of this ruling, a lot of questions have arisen and gaps in the protection of same-sex couples persist, and these are also analysed in this piece.

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欧盟最高法院规定已婚同性伴侣可以作为“配偶”在欧盟成员国之间自由流动：案例 C-673/16，Relu Adrian Coman，Robert Clabourn Hamilton，Asociaţia Accept v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări，Ministerul Afacerilor Interne

在科曼案中，欧洲法院被问及“配偶”一词——就欧盟法律而言——是否包括在欧盟成员国之间流动的欧盟公民的同性配偶。欧洲法院肯定地回答了这个问题，认为拒绝承认同性婚姻并因此拒绝向移居另一个成员国的联盟公民授予家庭团聚权，将构成对自由迁徙权的不合理限制。联盟公民根据欧盟法律享有。本案评论对判决进行了分析，认为法院的声明是欧盟在跨境层面迈向婚姻平等的非常受欢迎的第一步。同时，随着这一裁决的出台，出现了很多问题，对同性伴侣的保护仍然存在差距，