Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

24.4.2026 A10-0047/5

Amendment 5

Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Evin Incir, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Robert Biedroń, Emma Rafowicz, Carla Tavares, Gabriela Firea, Matjaž Nemec, Pina Picierno, Raphaël Glucksmann, Lina Gálvez, Idoia Mendia, Dan Barna, Birgit Sippel, Hilde Vautmans, Leire Pajín, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marko Vešligaj, Sandra Gómez López, Claire Fita, Andreas Schieder, Lucia Yar, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Marit Maij, Anna-Maja Henriksson, Aurore Lalucq, Billy Kelleher, Elisabeth Grossmann, Irena Joveva, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Sigrid Friis, César Luena, Marina Kaljurand, Marc Angel, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, François Kalfon, Hana Jalloul Muro, Jana Toom, Maria Guzenina, Chloé Ridel, Maria Noichl, Alessandra Moretti, Alessandro Zan, Sabrina Repp, Romana Jerković, Cecilia Strada, Brando Benifei, Murielle Laurent, Adnan Dibrani, Nora Mebarek, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Sofie Eriksson, Elena Sancho Murillo, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Eric Sargiacomo, Daniel Attard, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Heléne Fritzon, Johan Danielsson, Abir Al-Sahlani, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Fabienne Keller, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, René Repasi, Cristina Maestre, José Cepeda, Nicola Zingaretti, Stefano Bonaccini, Georgia Tramacere, Marco Tarquinio, Camilla Laureti, Anna Strolenberg, Vicent Marzà Ibáñez, Annalisa Corrado, Giuseppe Lupo, Benedetta Scuderi, Cristina Guarda, Damian Boeselager, David Cormand, Diana Riba i Giner, Erik Marquardt, Kai Tegethoff, Leoluca Orlando, Maria Ohisalo, Mélissa Camara, Mounir Satouri, Nela Riehl, Reinier Van Lanschot, Saskia Bricmont, Tilly Metz, Sebastian Everding, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Manon Aubry, Leila Chaibi, Rudi Kennes, Anthony Smith, Carolina Morace, Giorgos Georgiou, Damien Carême, Hanna Gedin, Jonas Sjöstedt, Dario Tamburrano, Pernando Barrena Arza, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Merja Kyllönen, Emma Fourreau, Ilaria Salis, Elena Kountoura, Nikolas Farantouris, Kathleen Funchion, Lynn Boylan, Arash Saeidi, Estrella Galán, Rima Hassan, Anja Hazekamp, Majdouline Sbai, Lena Schilling, Alexandra Geese

Report A10-0047/2026

Evin Incir, Joanna ScheuringWielgus

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

(2025/2040(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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 line with Article 36 of Directive (EU) 2024/1385 and without prejudice to judicial independence and differences in the organisation of the judiciary across the EU; calls on the Commission to expand EU-supported training programmes aligned with judicial best practice and calls on the Member States to ensure that frontline services have the capacity and resources to respond effectively to the needs of victims and survivors;

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 manner, in line with Article 36 of Directive (EU) 2024/1385 and without prejudice to judicial independence and differences in the organisation of the judiciary across the EU; calls on the Commission to expand EU-supported training programmes aligned with judicial best practice and calls on the Member States to ensure that frontline services have the capacity and resources to respond effectively to the needs of victims and survivors by securing mandatory training for all legal professionals and law enforcement staff in contact with victims of rape;

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24.4.2026 A10-0047/6

Amendment 6

Report A10-0047/2026

Evin Incir, Joanna ScheuringWielgus

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

(2025/2040(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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 gender stereotypes that contribute to the prevalent complex set of beliefs and social norms that encourage male sexual aggression and support violence against women, creating an environment in which sexual violence is normalised and justified through persistent gender inequalities and harmful attitudes about gender and sexuality;

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 young men, normalise sexual violence and perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes that contribute to the prevalent complex set of beliefs and social norms that encourage male sexual aggression and support violence against women, creating an environment in which sexual violence is normalised and justified through persistent gender inequalities and harmful attitudes about gender and sexuality; therefore, calls on the Member States to introduce gender-sensitive and age-appropriate mandatory comprehensive sexuality and relationships education in national education curricula;

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