DAR AL HARB - E.U.: THE EUROPEAN UNION PROPOSES "FOREIGN" LAWS TO BE APPLICABLE WHEN IT COMES TO DIVORCE, SWEDEN OPPOSES AFRAID OF SHARI'AH LAW

Sweden opposes EU divorce rules plan, Islamic law a concern

Luxembourg - A European Union proposal that would allow the laws of non-EU countries to be applicable in divorce cases on ran into fierce opposition from Sweden on Thursday. Liberal Sweden strongly resists the plan, which it says could force EU member states to dissolve marriages on the basis of foreign law, including traditional Islamic law, or Sharia.

"It is not acceptable that the planned rules would lead to Swedish courts having to apply foreign law," a Swedish diplomat told reporters at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.

Germany is pushing for new rules under which international couples, prior to marriage, would be able to set out in a contract which country's laws will reign in a divorce court.

Germany currently holds the rotating EU presidency.

The planned rules would mean that, for example, a Swedish-Italian couple living in Paris could divorce in a French court, which would create a settlement in accordance with Swedish, Italian or French marriage law.

Such an option is currently impossible in the 27 nations of the EU, making divorces a lengthy and unpredictable procedure.

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Europe is toast, finished, over, the end, the swan song is playing, the fat lady is singing, etc...etc...etc...


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