During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on how to identify gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU. MEPs to call for gender-based violence to be classified as a crime under EU law to better protect victims, Parliament is set to call for online and offline gender-based violence to be included as a new area of crime in the EU treaties. Opening statements by Malin BJÖRK (The Left, SE) and Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens/EFA, ES), rapporteurs, and by Helena DALLI, European Commissioner for Equality.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

BJÖRK, Malin (The Left, SE)

violence against women (T)

RIBA I GINER, Diana (Greens/EFA, ES)

DALLI, Helena (MT, EC)

Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime: closing statements by Helena DALLI, European Commissioner for Equality, Malin BJÖRK (The Left, SE) and Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens/EFA, ES), rapporteurs

SOUNDBITE (Original), Helena DALLI, European Commissione for Equality

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SOUNDBITE (Original), Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens/EFA, ES), -