Brussels, 07/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The forthcoming Spanish Presidency of the European Union plans to put forward a proposal in early January for a "European mandate for the protection of victims" of crimes such as domestic violence in the territory of the Union. The aim of this proposal is to allow a member state to recognise and apply protection measures taken in favour of a victim in another member state. A violent husband who has been handed down a restraining order by a Spanish court...