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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 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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Apr 28, 2026 European Union Rape and sexual assault Violence against women and girls

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