Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki
| Decided 25 November 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Full case name | Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki |
| Case | C-713/23 |
| ECLI | ECLI:EU:C:2025:917 |
| Case type | Request for a preliminary ruling |
| Chamber | Grand Chamber |
| Nationality of parties | German, Polish |
| Procedural history | Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny, request for a preliminary ruling pursuant to Article 267 TFEU, by decision of 8 November 2023 |
| Court composition | |
| Judge-Rapporteur Küllike Jürimäe | |
| President Koen Lenaerts | |
| Advocate General Jean Richard de la Tour | |
| Instruments cited | |
| Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union | |
| Legislation affecting | |
| interpretation of Article 20(2)(a) and Article 21(1) TFEU, read in the light of Article 7 and Article 21(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), and of Article 2(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77, and corrigendum OJ 2004 L 229, p. 35). | |
Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki (2025) is a landmark historic decision of the European Court of Justice, which ruled that a same-sex marriage performed in one member state of the European Union must be recognized in all member states of the European Union.
The 13–0 unanimous ruling of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice found that both the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union guarantee the fundamental right of a same-sex couple who had their same-sex marriage performed in one member state of the European Union to have their same-sex marriage recognized in all member states of the European Union.
The ruling expands upon the 2018 ECJ case Coman and Others, which affirmed residency rights in EU countries to the spouse of an EU citizen who is exercising their right to freedom of movement and if the marriage was legally performed in an EU member state.