[HIGHLIGHTS] Violence against women: the EU will legislate but without including rape in the face of disagreements

After months of debate, a final European negotiation session is being held this Tuesday on this text. The European Parliament and countries like Belgium, Spain, Greece, Sweden and Italy are on the same line.

But a dozen member states, including France, Germany and Hungary, are opposed to rape being included in the legislation. French MEP Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé regrets that this directive has been reduced to “half a law” and “I find it terrible,” she says.