Poland Recognizes First Same-Sex Marriage

The Warsaw city hall in Poland recognized a same-sex marriage contracted in another European Union country. Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski announced the first transcription of such a marriage this Thursday. This follows a March ruling by Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court, applying a November 2025 decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan married in Berlin in 2018 and then requested the marriage be registered in Poland. Warsaw’s civil registry initially denied their request, citing the Polish Constitution’s definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. The couple has now received their Polish marriage certificate and hopes for swift processing of other pending requests.

This administrative change does not alter Polish law regarding marriage or civil unions. Same-sex couples still cannot marry or form civil unions within the country. Poland remains one of the last European nations—along with Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia—not to recognize any form of same-sex union, despite an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Polish citizens marrying abroad.