The draft law on the status of survivors will facilitate administrative, civil and tax activities for people living in informal relationships; I hope it will be presented in the fall – PSL MP Urszula Pasławska said in an interview with PAP.
In the second half of July, Deputy Prime Minister, leader of PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, announced that PSL was working on a bill on the status of survivors. The proposed regulation is intended to facilitate inheritance and access to medical information.
Work on the project is led by MP Pasławska.
This project will primarily refer to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and will facilitate administrative, civil and fiscal activities for people living in informal relationships.
– Pasławska explained in an interview with PAP.
She also expressed the hope that the project would be presented this fall.
Asked whether she thought there was a chance of gaining the support of other parliamentary clubs, the party’s deputy head said she would seek a parliamentary majority for the new regulations.
I believe that in this situation we must look for solutions that will help us move forward and not work against us and actually divide the coalition on October 15. It is of great value that we are different, but let us seek understanding, let us try to get along. And that is why I believe, among other things, that our proposal could be a compromise proposal that could come into effect
– Pasławska emphasized.
According to another PSL MP, Urszula Nowogórska, this project is also a way to meet the needs of couples living in informal relationships, which – as she said – concerned joint billing or access to medical information.
We have been talking about this for a long time and that is why such facilities will be included in this project
– said Nowogórska.
When asked when this project could be expected, she replied that she thought it would be after the holidays. When asked whether in her opinion he had a chance to get the support of other clubs, Nowogórska replied:
I think this project will be so widely accepted that it will have the support of a broader group of parliamentarians.
When asked whether she would receive the support of left-wing MPs, Nowogórska replied “maybe”.
If someone really wants to solve these problems and meet socially perceived needs, I think our project will be the most neutral and life-saving.
– said the PSL MP.
Draft law on civil partnerships
In early July, information about the draft law on registered partnership and the introduction law was published in the list of legislative works of the Cabinet. It was announced that registered partnership is open to two unmarried adults, regardless of gender. The Minister of Equality, Katarzyna Kotula, is responsible for the development of the project, and the planned date of approval by the Council of Ministers is the fourth quarter of this year.
The aim of the project – it was noted – is to introduce the institution of registered partnerships into the Polish legal system and implement the ECtHR ruling. On 12 December 2023, he ruled in a case against Poland brought by five Polish same-sex couples seeking legal recognition of their relationships. The ruling stated that Poland had violated the European Convention on Human Rights and was obliged to introduce legal protection for same-sex couples.
There is no agreement within the ruling coalition on the bill. In addition to the left, the project is supported by KO and Polska 2050, while its provisions are opposed by PSL. The main point of contention so far has been the provision regarding adoption and adoption of children by same-sex couples, which was ultimately not included in the project.
Poland is one of five European Union member states that do not allow same-sex couples to formalize relationships. Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania and Slovakia also do not have this issue.
About 50,000 people live in Poland. the so-called rainbow families, i.e. families in which children are raised by parents with an orientation other than heteronormative. A June 2023 Ipsos survey shows that support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has increased from 21 to 32 percent over the past ten years. At the same time, 67 percent believe that homosexual couples should be able to marry or otherwise legalize their relationship.
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Source: wPolityce