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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12112

9 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 26
NEWS BRIEFS / Romania
Referendum on constitutional ban on same-sex marriage fails

08/10/2018 (Agence Europe)Only 20% of the Romanian electorate turned out to vote on Sunday 7 October in a referendum to amend the definition of the family by having the constitution changed to specify that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, thus outlawing gay marriage.  Nearly 19 million Romanians were called to the polls on a revision of the constitution to adjust the definition of the family to exclude gay couples, but only 3.7 million (20.41%) bothered to vote.  The...

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