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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9832

4 February 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
MEPs call for fight against sexual exploitation of children to be stepped up

Brussels, 03/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 3 February, the European Parliament gave its full backing to the fight against the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. It urged the Council to strengthen the European legal arsenal in this field, with plenary adoption by an overwhelming majority (591 to 2 and 6 abstentions) of the report by Roberta Angelilli (UEN, Italy). “Grooming” (the action of soliciting children on the internet for sexual purposes) and paedophile...

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