The National Human Rights Committee proposed a registry that would cover both same-sex couples and unmarried heterosexual ones[REF] and the Greek group OLKE announced its intention to sue Greek municipalities that refuse to marry gay couples.
The Greek government under George Papandreou, leader of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), was preparing legislation for same-sex registered partnerships, which, however never took place, as LGBT groups believed that they were going to be insufficient [REF].