Romania is not ready to uphold same-sex couples' rights - PM

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu delivers a speech at the government headquarters, in Bucharest,?Romania, June 15, 2023. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS/File Photo

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian society is not ready to uphold the rights of same-sex couples in line with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling, leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said late on Thursday.

The ECHR ruled in May Romania had failed to enforce the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to recognise their relationships, in a ruling which could eventually force policymakers to expand protections for the LGBT community.