The president's veto can be overridden, but it would take a three-fifths majority vote in the lower house of parliament, a rarity in Poland. #EuropeNews
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17/07/2026 - 16:16 GMT+2
Poland's conservative President Karol Nawrocki on Friday vetoed a bill to legalise civil partnerships, he announced in a statement.
The legislation had been proposed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist government ahead of last year's parliamentary elections in Poland.
"I have always emphasised that nothing that is a quasi-marriage can count on my support," Nawrocki said on X.
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