Germany: Gay couples receive limited adoption rights
The German Parliament has ruled that same-sex couples in civil unions can legally adopt a partner’s child.
On Thursday evening the Bundestag voted in favour of the measure, but campaigners warned it did not go far enough.
However, the ruling only meant that same-sex couples could adopt the same child on an individual basis and not as a couple and they still cannot adopt unrelated children.
Both the Green Party and the far-left party, Die Linke, criticised the legislation and called for complete adoption equality.