Slovakia has approved a constitutional amendment to limit the rights of same-sex couples.

The country’s parliament on Friday approved the change, which states that male and female will be the only recognised genders, and that school curricula must respect the cultural and ethical positions set out in the constitution.

The amendment was approved with the minimum necessary 90 votes in the 150-seat lower house with the help of some conservative members of the opposition.

The vote marks a sweeping change for the European Union (EU), as a national law takes precedence over EU law, potentially posing a challenge to the functioning of the 27-nation bloc.

Nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has billed the constitutional change as “a dam against progressivism”.

After the vote, Michal Sim

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