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What happens when it all goes wrong in today's cosmopolitan Europe? (Photo: EUobserver)

Member states attack divorce law scheme

EU member states are lining up to attack a European Commission proposal to establish common rules for cross-border divorces which could - in an extreme scenario - see Iranian divorce rules applied in European courts in future.

The proposal - called Rome III and presented last July - sets out which national legislation should apply in the case of a couple of two nationalities or a couple living in their non-native country, such as an Irish and Finnish pair of EU civil servants living in...

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What happens when it all goes wrong in today's cosmopolitan Europe? (Photo: EUobserver)

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