Brussels, 06/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is to present a comprehensible and effective directive to combat violence against women, and the EU must ratify the Council of Europe convention to combat violence against women. The call was made by MEPs, academia and civil society representatives, attending a conference organised by the S&D in Brussels on 6 May at the EP. According to EU statistics, one woman out of five in the European Union has been the victim of physical violence and...