European Parliament · 14 September 2023

Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights

Adopted

234 in favour · 175 against · 122 abstained. 531 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Member States to develop information and awareness-raising campaigns highlighting the importance of consent
• Calls on the Commission to ensure that funding from the Citizens, Rights, Equality and Values programme is accessible for the whole of civil society
• Calls on the Member States to ensure that it is punishable as a criminal offence to exploit the prostitution of another person even with the consent of that person

Quoted from A9-0240/2023, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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• Roll-call results, 14 September 2023
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