European parliament urges EU to draw up standardised consent-based definition of rape
Eight EU members continue to include force or violence in their definitions in national criminal codes The European parliament has called on the EU to draw up a standardised consent-based definition of rape, in what legislators described as a crucial step towards addressing the patchwork of laws, some of them insufficient, that currently exist across the bloc. On Tuesday, 447 of the parliament’s 720 MEPs voted to approve a report calling for a common definition of rape, centred on “only yes mean
Legislators say move would be crucial step towards addressing patchwork of laws in place across bloc
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The European parliament has called on the EU to draw up a standardised consent-based definition of rape, in what legislators described as a crucial step towards addressing the patchwork of laws, some of them insufficient, that now exist across the bloc.
On Tuesday, 447 of the parliament’s 720 MEPs voted to approve a report calling for a common definition of rape, centred on “only yes means yes”, prompting a loud round of applause in the chamber in Strasbourg.
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- European parliament urges EU to draw up standardised consent-based definition of rapeGuardian - World · Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent · Apr 28, 2026, 6:55 PM
- ‘Only yes means yes’: MEPs call for EU to adopt consent-based definition of rapeGuardian - World · Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent · Apr 28, 2026, 6:55 PM
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