FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Women’s rights

Directive on combatting violence against women, Swedish Presidency seeks balance in EU Council

Brussels, 22/05/2023 (Agence Europe)

The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU will present a proposal for a common position (‘general approach’) on the directive to combat violence against women to the ambassadors of the EU Member States (Coreper II) on Friday 26 May. The text proposes, among other things, to remove rape from the list of gender-based violence to be criminalised and to leave more room for manoeuvre to Member States.

Rape removed from the directive

Thus, one of the central differences from the...