In less than 10 days, next December 13European Parliament and Council negotiators representing Member States will meet in Strasbourg trying to reach a political agreement European directive proposal imitator of Spanish law ‘Yeah yeah’ And typify like Non-consensual sex crime across the EU. The problem is that 20 months after the European Commission put forward a proposal and six months after inter-institutional negotiations began, the majority of governments Germany and France They still don’t give up at the beginning.
“Some EU governments, particularly France and Germany, refusing to include definition of rape consensual It’s on the bill. Swedish socialist Evin Ircir warned speakers and negotiators speaking at the European Parliament on Monday that it is obvious to us, to survivors and to all those who support women’s rights, that rules on combating violence against women and domestic violence cannot be complete without addressing rape. and Irish conservative Frances Fitzgerald on what the “red line” is for the European Parliament.
Both use data from the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to denounce a situation that the agency considers extremely worrying: One in ten women in the EU I had some kind of experience. sexual violence since age 15 And One in twenty people have been raped. Even so, they decry that “no steps have so far been taken at the European level to provide an adequate and consistent level of legal protection for more than half of the EU population”, highlighting the different legislation in the Twenty-Seven and saying that they are not appropriate in most cases.
old standards
“Outdated rules give perpetrators a ‘get out of jail free’ card, put the burden of proof on to survivors anyone requires medical clearance using systems HE they don’t take into consideration the complexity of crime. “Furthermore, women who travel or move to another EU Member State have to deal with this fragmentation and legal complexity, often giving up the adequate level of protection they enjoy in their home countries,” they condemn, warning that “there is still time to reconsider” the positions of opposition governments. change them to the “right side of history”.
Although the concept of consent was included in the Commission’s proposal, common location Adopted by the Twenty-Seven last June under the Swedish presidency of the EU chose to exclude this item After confirming the opposition of numerous European governments, it was decided to publish the text; some think that the legal basis used is not sufficient, others think that it is a matter of national competence (rape is not included in the list of European crimes) and is not included in the list of community crimes. Something the speakers categorically reject.
qualified majority
For the law to pass the acid test in the Council, the presidency will need to bring together a qualified majority (at least 15 member states representing 55% of the population), which has not currently been achieved. So far only a dozen countries have spoken in favor of including the concept of consent: Belgium, Greece, Italy, Finland, Slovenia, Cyprus, Austria, Sweden, Luxembourg and Spain. Meanwhile, France, Germany, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Malta, Denmark, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands oppose inclusion. The other group, including Ireland, is undecided.
“All we know is that the decision is on the table.” Emmanuel Macron personally and at the desk of the minister of justice Marco Buschmann In Germany. I hope that these two men who decide the future of women understand that instead of being on the wrong side of history, they need to change their positions and be on the right side of history, and ensure that women and girls stop being “I am constantly me.” “They are exposed to people’s blows,” warns Incir.