EU needs faster migrant returns, say 17 countries including Germany, France: Report – POLITICO

EU needs faster migrant returns, say 17 countries including Germany, France: Report – POLITICO

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has threatened to give asylum seekers one-way tickets to Brussels in protest EU fines levelled at the country for breaching EU asylum rules. The 17 European countries in their letter to the Commission are asking for new rules to allow governments to detain illegal migrants if they pose a risk … Read more

Liechtenstein legalizes same-sex marriage in near-unanimous vote – POLITICO

Liechtenstein legalizes same-sex marriage in near-unanimous vote – POLITICO

“We felt the pressure and the expectation that we should be the last German-speaking country to introduce marriage for everyone,” he said. Germany, Austria and Switzerland legalized same-sex marriage in 2017, 2019 and 2022, respectively. Liechtenstein first legalized registered partnerships for same-sex couples in 2011, giving them some of the same rights as married heterosexual … Read more