Gay Romanian-American couple 'should get same EU residency rights as other couples'

A gay Romanian-American couple should enjoy the same residency rights as other married couples in the European Union, a top legal adviser has said in an opinion published today.

European Court of Justice Advocate General Melchior Wathelet said the key legal issue in the case of Romanian Adrian Coman and his American husband Claibourn Robert Hamilton was "not that of legalisation of marriage between persons of the same sex, but that of freedom of movement of a Union citizen".