The European Parliament is delighted that the EU has joined the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), despite the fact that this accession is limited to areas of shared competency. MEPs made this announcement in an interim report on the convention adopted on Tuesday 12 September.
Christine Revault D’Allonnes Bonnefoy (S&D, France), co-rapporteur on this dossier with Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (EPP,...