European Parliament · 16 September 2021

Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU

Adopted

427 in favour · 119 against · 140 abstained. 686 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directives 2011/99/EU, 2012/29/EU and 2011/36/EU
• Insists that when addressing violence against women, the definition of ‘women’ must include girls under the age of 18
• Calls on the Commission to appoint a coordinator against violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence

Quoted from A9-0249/2021, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

See how every country and every MEP voted

Check it at the European Parliament

• Roll-call results, 16 September 2021
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0249/2021
• Open data record for the sitting