The Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) and the Committee on Gender Equality (FEMM) tabled 1,481 amendments to the report on the directive to combat violence against women, drafted by Frances Fitzgerald (EPP, Irish) and Evin Incir (S&D, Swedish) (see EUROPE B13098A11).
Ms Fitzgerald, rapporteur for the FEMM Committee, believes that this interest shows both the “interest in the topic” and the “huge amount of work” to be done. “The task won’t be easy […] we are likely to face...