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BRUSSELS. A parent is always a parent, a child is always a child, and for citizens of the European Union there is always the right of free movement. The Court of Justice of the EU enshrines the principle of equality, stating that even minors who are dependent on gay couples must be included in the same legal parameter as anyone else.
The principle enshrined in the Luxembourg courts is that in the case of a European citizen whose birth designates two persons of the same sex as his parents, the Member State of which the minor is a national “is obliged” to issue him with an identity card or passport to allow the exercise of rights recognized at Community level.