On the evening of Tuesday 3 October, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament held their second round of negotiations on the draft directive to combat violence against women, during the plenary session in Strasbourg. The meeting focused on the offences to be included in the legislation, but the results were inconclusive.
“We have a lot of work to do in the trilogues”, acknowledged Frances Fitzgerald (EPP, Irish), co-rapporteur with Evin Incir (S&D, Swedish) on the...