Some 170,000 out of the 845,000 divorces annually in the EU involve couples of different nationalities (Photo: European Commission) RENATA GOLDIROVA Today @ 17:23 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - In the face of long-lasting deadlock, a group of nine EU states have decided to take the unprecedented path of closer co-operation and apply common rules for divorce between couples of different European nationality. A Friday (25 July) debate between EU justice ministers once again demonstrated that the 27-nation bloc was unable to introduce pan-European rules allowing mixed-nationality couples a certain degree of autonomy in choosing the court and applicable law in case of divorce. Austria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia and Spain have teamed up in order to formally request the European Commission launch...
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