MEPs adopted by a large majority (500 in favour, 91 against and 50 abstentions) on Thursday 28 November a resolution on the EU's accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - known as the Istanbul Convention.
The resolution calls on the EU Council to work urgently for the ratification of this Convention by the EU. It also urges the seven Member States that have signed, but not yet ratified, to do so without delay. A...