
(…) “In Dimirtas and Others v. Greece (dec.), 2017, the Court considered that the mere fact of being a Greek citizen who was eligible to vote did not suffice in order to complain of domestic legislation which prevented the dissemination of opinion polls (§ 31). (…)
“Vallianatos and Others v. Greece [GC], 2013 § 49: the applicants alleged that the fact that the civil unions introduced in Greece were designed only for heterosexual couples infringed their right to respect for their private and family life and amounted to unjustified discrimination. The Court noted that that the applicants were individuals of full age, who were in same-sex relationships and in some cases cohabited. To the extent that, as a result of the provision which excluded same-sex couples from the scope of the Law, they could not enter into a civil union, the Court considered that they were directly concerned by the situation and had a legitimate personal interest in seeing it brought to an end, and concluded the applicants should be considered victims.” (…)
