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Half of EU's mixed nationality couples don't live happily ever after (Photo: European Commission)

Twelve EU states inch closer to common divorce rules

Mixed nationality couples from twelve EU countries may get simpler and fairer divorce rules after MEPs in charge of legal affairs unanimously backed a first ever request for 'enhanced co-operation', a controversial solution allowing groups of countries to go their own way when they can't get consensus among all 27 EU states.

"We are giving couples more freedom and choice on their divorce, which is a difficult moment in their lives," Polish centre-right MEP Tadeusz Zwiefka said during th...

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Half of EU's mixed nationality couples don't live happily ever after (Photo: European Commission)

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