On Wednesday 24 April, the European Parliament approved by a very large majority (522 votes in favour, 27 against and 72 abstentions) the provisional political agreement reached on 6 February on the directive to combat domestic violence and violence against women (see EUROPE B13344A24).
On Wednesday 24 April, this text was also adopted by the Member States’ ambassadors to the European Union (Coreper II). Although it does not define rape at European level, as initially proposed by...