“EU law currently exists, marriage and parenting fall within the jurisdiction of Member States. As the Court has underlined, Member States are free to provide or not to provide same-sex marriage in their national law. According to the Court’s case-law, Member States are bound by Union law, and in particular every European citizen, in the exercise of their powers. Member States must respect the freedom to move and reside freely within the scope of national law”. Head of the EU Court of Justice, Koen Lenaerts, in a statement to the press, answered the question of whether children’s rights are “universal” and whether they are adequately protected in the member states of the Union.
Lenaerts said: “The protection of the rights of the child is one of the goals of the European Union agreed upon among all Member States and is therefore of fundamental importance within the framework of the common European project. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the best interests of the child, is a fundamental aspect of all measures affecting them and It is based on the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the Nations and ratified by all EU Member States. It is only authorized where the Member States authorize it. Those that are not are reserved by the Member States. Union law and national law therefore complement each other. This is also the protection of the rights of the child and family life. It also applies to
Source: Today IT
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