Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 28 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 13 February 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 25 February 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 11 March 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 28 April 2026
- ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteurs
- Evin INCIR S&DJoanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Verena MERTENS PPEPascale PIERA PfEAssita KANKO ECRAnna-Maja HENRIKSSON RenewDiana RIBA I GINER Verts/ALEIsabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ The LeftArba KOKALARI PPEMathilde ANDROUËT PfEAbir AL-SAHLANI RenewMélissa CAMARA Verts/ALEIrene MONTERO The LeftIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Adds a definition of rape culture and makes training for professionals mandatory, extending it to all legal professionals and law enforcement staff. The other changes are formal: corrected punctuation and removed footnote markers. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 28 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 447 Against 160 Abstained 43
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:13 · 69% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 31 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 1 14:07 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Alternative motion for a resolution – Am 1Rejected2. Amendment 2 14:07 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Alternative motion for a resolution – Am 2RejectedAdoptedAdopted5. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 7 14:08 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – After § 7 – Am 3RejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted9. Amendment 5 to paragraph 16 14:08 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – § 16 – Am 5AdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted14. Amendment 6 to paragraph 21 14:09 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – § 21 – Am 6RejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted21. Separate vote on citation 16 14:11 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Visa 16AdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted28. Amendment 4, adding text after Recital AL 14:12 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – After Recital AL – Am 4AdoptedAdoptedAdopted31. Final vote — text as a whole 14:13 A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 27 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 22 April 2026 6 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 11 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 25 February 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 22 July 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 26 June 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 13 February 2025 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.