The European Parliament has once again called on the Council of the EU and all Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention, a call made in an own-initiative report (see EUROPE B13107A13) adopted with 469 votes in favour, 104 against and 55 abstentions on Wednesday 15 February at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg.
The day before, rapporteurs Łukasz Kohut (S&D, Polish) and Arba Kokalari (EPP, Swedish) reminded the House that the Istanbul Convention is the “gold...