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National Integrity Agency legislation as sponsored by the government. He co-authored a number of legislative proposals and is a founding member of several civic associations. Eckstein has sometimes had an uneasy relationship with the rest of his party, for instance accusing it of being Romania's most misogynistic and calling for serious internal reforms. He headed the UDMR's liberal platform. Controversially, his liberal stance extends to advocating registered partnerships allowing unmarried same-sex and opposite-sex couples a number of rights, a step for which he publicly announced his support in February 2008.
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