20/11/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 20 November, 31 MEPs from the LGBTI Intergroup wrote to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš expressing concern about the emergency measures concerning the registration of same-sex couples adopted in the context of the pandemic (Government Decree 1113). Denouncing a “discriminatory effect”, they call for the re-evaluation of this decree. The decree, the signatories explain, lifts the ban on freedom of movement for married people, but not for those registered as same-sex partners. It also allows heterosexual couples to marry freely, provided that the number of guests is restricted, while homosexual couples can only register their partnership in an emergency. “While the current Covid-19 crisis requires the adoption of stricter rules, all measures taken to curtail the rights of the citizens must be proportionate”, MEPs stress. Read the letter: https://bit.ly/331Ghap (AC)