Arrêt Trojan (2025) states that recognizing a same-sex marriage is required for free movement and residence within the European Union. Which statement about this decision is true?

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The key idea is that EU free-movement rights bind member states to treat a same-sex marriage as valid for the purposes of moving and residing within the EU. When the court says recognition is required for those rights, it means host states cannot refuse or add conditions simply because the marriage is same-sex or because it was performed in another member state. That effectively tightens, in this narrow area, the discretion states have in how they recognize foreign marriages for EU rights. It does not create a European civil status, nor does it force every domestic law to be amended or grant a broad, uniform status in all areas; it simply limits national discretion about recognizing the marriage for free-movement and residence. Hence, the option stating that it abolishes any margin of national discretion best captures this binding effect on recognition for EU rights.