Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki has clearly signaled that he will refuse to sign into law the proposed bill from the ruling coalition that would allow unmarried partners—including same-sex couples—to enter legally binding agreements.
President Nawrocki emphasised that the institution of marriage—defined in the Polish Constitution as a union between a man and a woman—is uniquely protected and cannot be undermined by legislation that seeks to establish an “alternative to marriage.”
The draft legislation put forward by the coalition would have granted rights to unmarried partners—same-sex and opposite-sex alike—including agreements on property relations, shared housing, and access to a partner’s medical information.
President Nawrocki stated: “I will not sign any bill that undermines the unique and constitutionally protected status of marriage. Let me remind you that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and marriage is protected in Poland by the Constitution.”
In rejecting the bill at this stage, Poland preserves its longstanding constitutional commitment to marriage as the fundamental union of a man and a woman—rather than adopting a new legal framework that blends or equates other types of partnerships with marriage.
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