With 176 “yes” was voted on bill for marriage equality, which concerns, among other things, the marriage and procreation of same-sex couples.
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«No” voted 76 deputies, “present” two deputies and 46 abstained.
Greece became the 37th country in the world to recognize marriage equality, with the amendment of Article 1350 of the Civil Code and the introduction of the rule that marriage is concluded between two persons of the same or different sexes.
The roll-call vote was conducted electronically and began shortly after 10.30pm on Thursday night, following a two-day debate in the House of Commons.
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ND, PASOK, SYRIZA, New Left, Freedom Movement voted in favoras expected, while KKE, Hellenic Solution, Niki and Spartans voted against.
From New Democracy 107 MPs voted “yes”, 20 “no” and 31 abstained. A total of 20 MPs voted against and 31 chose to abstain. The latter include the 4 government officials, the minister Makis Voridis – and three deputy ministers G. Bougas, St. Keletsis and M. Kefala.
The 20 “no’s” of the ND
1. Charalambos Athanasiou
2. Fotini Arabatzi
3. Vassilis Yogiakas
4. Stefanos Gikas
5. Konstantinos Giulekas
6. Thanasis Davakis
7. Tasos Dimoshakis
8. Kostas Karagounis
9. Anna Karamanlis
10. Theodoros Karaoglou
11. Andreas Katsaniotis
12. Dimitris Kyriazidis
13. Theofilos Leontaridis
14. Xenophon Baraliakos
15. Yiannis Paschalidis
17. Antonis Samaras
18. Euripides Stylianides
19. Maximos Charakopoulos
20. Miltos Chrysomallis
The 31 abstinences of the ND
1. Dionysis Aktypis
2. Giannis Andrianos
3. Lakis Vasiliadis
4. Kostas Vlasis
5. George Vlachos
6. Makis Voridis
7. George Georgantas
8. Yiannis Yatsios
9. Andreas Zambilis
10. Thanasis Kavvadas
11. Giannis Kallianos
12. Dimitris Kalogeropoulos
13. Markos Kafouros
14. Stavros Keletsis
15. Maria Kefala
16. Manos Konsolas
17. George Kotronias
18. Dimitris Kouvelas
19. Spyros Kulkudinas
20. Yiannis Lampropoulos
21. Pericles Mantas
22. Notis Mitarakis
23. Katerina Monogyou
24. Giannis Bougas
25. Christos Boukoros
26. Giannis Oikonomou
27. George Papasotiriou
28. Stelios Petsas
29. Thanos Pleuris
30. Christodoulos Stefanadis
31. Angelos Syrigos
Only Pavlos Polakis was absent from SYRIZA.
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From PASOK they were: Liakoulis, Chnaris, Kazanis, Poulas, Michaelidis, Paraskevaidis, Starakas, Konstantinopoulos, Baran, Panas, Nikolaidis.
In fact, regarding the result of the roll-call vote, New Democracy executives commented that: “68% voted for ND and 66% for PASOK! Androulakis’s PASOK, which is claiming primacy in the reformist center, had a lower percentage of “yes” votes than the ND.”
From the New Left the two minority MPs Ferhat Özgür and Hüseyin Zeybek were missing
Voting by article of the bill
A total of 254 deputies took part in the vote.
Article 1 (purpose of the bill) passed with 176 “yes”, 77 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 2 (item) was voted by 176 “yes”, 77 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 3 (Conclusion of marriage by persons of the same sex – Amendment of par. 1 of article 1350 of the Civil Code) was voted with 176 “yes”, 77 “no” and 1 present
Article 4 (Elimination of discrimination based on gender in the legislative definition of the children’s surname in case of non-selection by the parents – Amendment of par. 3 of article 1505 of the Civil Code) was voted by 198 “yes”, 55 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 5 (Definition of persons liable to declare births – Replacement of Article 21 of Law 344/1976) was voted with 198 “yes”, 55 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 6 (Extension of benefits and privileges to same-sex spouses and parents – Addition of article 228 A, par. 4 to article 220 and par. 3 to article 226 of the Individual Labor Law Code, par. 3A to article 151 of Law 5078/2023) was voted by 177 ” yes’, 77 ‘no’ and none ‘present’
Article 7 (Protection from dismissal of same-sex parents – Addition of par. 4 to article 281 of the Individual Labor Law Code) was voted with 177 “yes”, 56 “no” and 21 “present”
Article 8 (Implementation of other provisions on claims, benefits and privileges of spouses and parents) was voted with 198 “yes”, 55 “no” and no “present”
Article 9 (Application of the principle of equal treatment in the fields of social protection, education and access to the availability and provision of goods and services – Amendment of article 1 and par. 2 and 4 of article 3 of Law 4443/2016) was voted with 199 “yes”, 55 “no’s” and no “presents”
Article 10 (Regulations of cases of pre-existing same-sex marriage performed abroad) voted with 175 “yes”, 78 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 11 (Parental relationship created abroad) voted with 172 “yes”, 81 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 12(Authorizing provisions) was voted with 176 “yes”, 76 “no” and 2 “present”
Article 13 (Retroactive validity of marriage in case of previous cohabitation agreement) voted 176 “yes”, 77 “no” and 1 “present”
Article 14 (Repealed provisions – Repeal of par. 3 of article 3 of Law 4491/2017) was voted with 177 “yes”, 76 “no” and 1 “present”
The penultimate article was voted with 177 “yes”, 76 “no” and 1 “present”
Kyriakos Mitsotakis: The bill is a landmark for human rights
“Today Greece becomes the 16th EU country to legislate marriage equality. We are proud because the N/S we voted for is a milestone for human rights and reflects today’s Greece: a progressive, democratic country, committed to European values” Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrote in his post, after the bill was passed.
Today Greece becomes the 16th EU country to legislate marriage equality. We are proud because the N/S we voted for is a landmark for human rights and reflects today’s Greece: a progressive, democratic country, committed to European values.
— Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) February 15, 2024
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