Procedure

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

2025/2040(INI)·10th term·FEMM / LIBE·INI

Summary

Own-initiative report on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU. The amendments are largely citations, recalling the Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Istanbul Convention, the Commission proposal on combating violence against women and domestic violence, the EU strategy for gender equality, European Court of Human Rights case law, and UN instruments on gender-based violence and the criminalisation of non-consensual sexual acts.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
23 Jul 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
28 Apr 2026 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole

386

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tabled at least one

Committees

23 Jul 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

31 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Show the 27 earlier votes
1. 28 Apr 2026Rejected
  On the motion for a resolution · amendment 2
  Official label: Proposition de résolution de remplacement - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  179 for457 against17 abstentions66 did not vote
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2. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/1 · what was voted ↗
  492 for126 against34 abstentions67 did not vote
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3. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/2 · what was voted ↗
  394 for227 against27 abstentions71 did not vote
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4. 28 Apr 2026Rejected
  On amendment 3 · text to be inserted after paragraph 7
  Official label: Après le § 7 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  223 for343 against86 abstentions67 did not vote
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5. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 12 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 12/1 · what was voted ↗
  578 for37 against36 abstentions68 did not vote
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6. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 12 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 12/2 · what was voted ↗
  496 for94 against55 abstentions74 did not vote
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7. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 12 (part 3 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 12/3 · what was voted ↗
  491 for83 against63 abstentions82 did not vote
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8. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On amendment 5 · paragraph 16
  Official label: § 16 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
  378 for213 against59 abstentions69 did not vote
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9. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 19 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 19/1 · what was voted ↗
  504 for116 against33 abstentions66 did not vote
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10. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 19 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 19/2 · what was voted ↗
  369 for240 against40 abstentions70 did not vote
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11. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 20 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 20/1 · what was voted ↗
  431 for184 against39 abstentions65 did not vote
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12. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 20 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 20/2 · what was voted ↗
  335 for281 against24 abstentions79 did not vote
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13. 28 Apr 2026Rejected
  On amendment 6 · paragraph 21
  Official label: § 21 - Am 6 · what was voted ↗
  312 for321 against16 abstentions70 did not vote
  Decided by 9 votes. The contested ground: EPP (split 23 For / 141 Against) · Non-attached (split 8 For / 10 Against)
  Broke with their group’s line34 Members voted against their group’s majority
  Cristian TERHEŞ
  ECR
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  Georgiana TEODORESCU
  ECR
  Voted For
  Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ
  EPP
  Voted For
  Dariusz JOŃSKI
  EPP
  Voted For
  Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA
  EPP
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  Hélder SOUSA SILVA
  EPP
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  Ingeborg TER LAAK
  EPP
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  Jeroen LENAERS
  EPP
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14. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 21 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 21/1 · what was voted ↗
  444 for152 against54 abstentions69 did not vote
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15. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 21 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 21/2 · what was voted ↗
  359 for218 against62 abstentions80 did not vote
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16. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 25 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 25/1 · what was voted ↗
  518 for36 against100 abstentions65 did not vote
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17. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 25 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 25/2 · what was voted ↗
  361 for218 against60 abstentions80 did not vote
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18. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 28 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 28/1 · what was voted ↗
  491 for111 against51 abstentions66 did not vote
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19. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 28 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 28/2 · what was voted ↗
  459 for134 against46 abstentions80 did not vote
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20. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On citation 16
  Official label: Visa 16 · what was voted ↗
  347 for257 against43 abstentions72 did not vote
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21. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On recital AC
  Official label: Considérant AC/1 · what was voted ↗
  475 for109 against68 abstentions67 did not vote
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22. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On recital AC
  Official label: Considérant AC/2 · what was voted ↗
  325 for269 against49 abstentions76 did not vote
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23. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On recital AJ
  Official label: Considérant AJ/1 · what was voted ↗
  468 for129 against55 abstentions67 did not vote
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24. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On recital AJ
  Official label: Considérant AJ/2 · what was voted ↗
  394 for217 against29 abstentions79 did not vote
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25. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On recital AL
  Official label: Considérant AL/1 · what was voted ↗
  571 for33 against48 abstentions67 did not vote
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26. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On recital AL
  Official label: Considérant AL/2 · what was voted ↗
  482 for83 against77 abstentions77 did not vote
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27. 28 Apr 2026Adopted
  On amendment 4 · text to be inserted after recital AL
  Official label: Après le considérant AL - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
  316 for298 against33 abstentions72 did not vote
  Decided by 18 votes. The contested ground: EPP (split 15 For / 147 Against)
  Broke with their group’s line25 Members voted against their group’s majority
  Cristian TERHEŞ
  ECR
  Voted For
  Georgiana TEODORESCU
  ECR
  Voted For
  Sebastian TYNKKYNEN
  ECR
  Voted For
  Dariusz JOŃSKI
  EPP
  Voted For
  Hélder SOUSA SILVA
  EPP
  Voted For
  Ingeborg TER LAAK
  EPP
  Voted For
  Jeroen LENAERS
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  Liesbet SOMMEN
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28 Apr 2026Adopted
On recital AP
Official label: Considérant AP/1 · what was voted ↗
497 for108 against46 abstentions68 did not vote
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28 Apr 2026Adopted
On recital AP
Official label: Considérant AP/2 · what was voted ↗
336 for266 against32 abstentions85 did not vote
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28 Apr 2026Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
447 for160 against43 abstentions69 did not vote
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Showing the 30 most relevant of 31 recorded votes — the full list ships with the data files. · Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments6 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1PfEMotion for a resolution (Rule 188(3) of the Rules of Procedure) replacing non-legislative motion for a resolution A100047/2026 · European Parliament resolution on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU
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Amendment 2ESNMotion for a resolution (Rule 188(3) of the Rules of Procedure) replacing non-legislative motion for a resolution A10-0047/2026 · European Parliament resolution on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU
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Amendment 3Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 7 b (new)
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7b. Calls on the Commission to assess, as a matter of priority, the inclusion of the offence of sexual abuse, defined, in line with international human rights standards and the Istanbul Convention, on the basis of lack of consent, among the list of offences set out in Article 2(2) of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (2002/584/JHA), for which the verification of double criminality is abolished; stresses that this inclusion would strengthen the principle of mutual recognition, facilitate the immediate surrender of suspects and convicted persons across the Member States, and contribute to addressing…
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Amendment 4Motion for a resolution · Recital AL b (new)
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ALb. whereas rape culture is defined as a structural and widespread system of attitudes, behaviours, values and social norms that normalise and trivialise sexual violence, undermine consent, perpetuate rape myths, and foster the societal normalisation of such violence;
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Amendment 5Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 16
Current text
16. Calls on the Member States to ensure that professionals who are likely to come into contact with rape victims, including law enforcement officers, forensic medical personnel, court staff, judges and prosecutors, lawyers, healthcare professionals, social services employees, educational and other relevant staff and frontline professionals, receive regular, adequate, effective and tailored training; stresses that this training should be aimed at preventing the secondary victimisation of the survivors in order to avoid and identify harmful gender stereotypes, eliminate victim-blaming behaviours and attitudes and treat victims in a trauma-, gender-, child- and ~~disability-sensitive manner, in…~~
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16. Calls on the Member States to ensure that professionals who are likely to come into contact with rape victims, including law enforcement officers, forensic medical personnel, court staff, judges and prosecutors, lawyers, healthcare professionals, social services employees, educational and other relevant staff and frontline professionals, receive mandatory, regular, adequate, effective and tailored training; stresses that this training should be aimed at preventing the secondary victimisation of the survivors in order to avoid and identify harmful gender stereotypes, eliminate victim-blaming behaviours and attitudes and treat victims in a trauma-, gender-, child- and disability-sensitive…
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Amendment 6Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 21
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21. Underlines the critical role of public awareness-raising campaigns and prevention programmes in addressing rape myths and promoting a culture of consent, especially among young people, given that the continued absence of sexuality education fuels misinformation and harmful ~~stereotypes;~~ calls on the Commission to carry out EU-wide public awareness-raising campaigns to educate people about consent, relationships, sexual integrity and bodily autonomy and to counter myths surrounding rape; further calls on the Commission to develop campaigns that combat anti-gender content and incel propaganda online, which particularly ~~target young men, normalise sexual violence and perpetuate harmful gende…~~
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21. Underlines the critical role of public awareness-raising campaigns and prevention programmes in addressing rape myths and promoting a culture of consent, especially among young people, given that the continued absence of sexuality education fuels misinformation and harmful stereotypes and the widespread impunity for rape contributes to rape culture; calls on the Commission to carry out EU-wide public awareness-raising campaigns to educate people about consent, relationships, sexual integrity and bodily autonomy and to counter myths surrounding rape; further calls on the Commission to develop campaigns that combat anti-gender content and incel propaganda online, which particularly target…
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