Le pacs séduit de plus en plus (Civil partnerships in France)

Les Français sont toujours plus nombreux à signer un pacs, comme l’ont fait plus de 520 000 personnes depuis la création de ce contrat il y a sept ans. Depuis janvier, 57 543 couples se sont unis devant un tribunal civil, soit trois fois plus que durant toute l’année 2001, selon un bilan de la chancellerie. Le nombre de pactes civils de solidarité signés ne cesse ainsi de croître d’année en année, tandis que le nombre annuel de mariages stagne. Un peu plus de 12% des pactes conclus depuis sept ans ont été dissous.

Jusqu’à présent, les autorités n’ont pas déterminé la proportion de pacs conclus par des personnes de même sexe et des personnes de sexe opposé, puisque la législation interdit de faire un distinguo. Mais un décret devrait bientôt être adopté pour autoriser les greffes des tribunaux d’instance à « enregistrer le sexe des deux partenaires » d’un pacs. Une information à but statistique qui sera recueillie de manière anonyme. Une « bonne nouvelle » accueillie sans réserve par l’Interassociative lesbienne, gaie, bi et trans.

You'll probably get the gist of the above, taken from one of our free newspapers. I'll post a kind of summary in English some time.

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PGDH said…
Here's Google's attempt ...

The French are increasingly more numerous to sign a pacs, like made more than 520.000 people since the creation of this contract seven years ago. Since January, 57.543 couples were linked in front of a civil court, that is to say three times more than during all the year 2001, according to an assessment of the chancellery. The number of civil pacts of solidarity signed thus does not cease growing year by year, while the annual number of marriages stagnates. A little more than 12% the pacts concluded for seven years have been dissolved.

Until now, the authorities did not determine the proportion of pacs concluded by of the same people sex and people from opposed sex, since the legislation prohibited to make a distinction. But a decree should be adopted soon to authorize the Clerc's Offices of the magistrates' courts “to record the sex of the two partners” of a pacs. Information with statistical goal which will be collected in an anonymous way. A “good news” accomodated without reserve by Interassociative lesbian, merry, Bi and trans.

NB: we will now NOT be singing "We wish you a merry Christmas" at our carol service.
9:27 am
Alan said…
Cracking that! And saved me a job... And Google's prose is so much more stylish than mine.
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