The amendment was approved by a tight majority of 25 senators out of the 46 present.
One senator voted against it. Senators nodded to the wording based on deputies' comments, while the original government draft embedded much stricter conditions in order to fight fictitious marriages. The Chamber of Deputies opposed the government bill. Deputies decided to preserve the only duty for foreigners to submit a police confirmation of their legal stay in the Czech Republic . The CzechRep to again send a reserve company to Kosovo ...
CzechRep below EU average in foreigner integration - MIPEX ... cabinet eventually accepted the proposed changes to the legislation over time pressure. Part of the law is to take effect as from July 1. If President Vaclav Klaus signed it into law, even foreigners who face the risk of being expelled from the country or are registered as unwanted will be allowed to enter into marriage or registered partnership in the Czech Republic. The amendment is also to connect the law on registered partnership of same-sex couples, passed in 2006, with other laws related to it, such as the laws on identity cards, birth registries and aid in material need.
(Ceske Noviny)
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