EU-wide protection for victims of domestic violence to become law

EU News 246/2013

MEMO/13/449
Strasbourg, 22 May 2013

Victims of violence, in particular domestic violence, will soon be able to count on EU-wide protection, after the European Parliament voted with an overwhelming majority (602 votes in favour, 23 against, 63 abstentions) to endorse the European Commission's proposal for an EU-wide protection order. The new regulation will mean that citizens (in most cases women) who have suffered domestic violence can rely on a restraining order obtained in their home country wherever they are in the EU: the protection will travel with the citizens. In practice, the EU law will benefit women in particular: around one in five women in Europe have suffered physical violence at least once in their life, according to surveys.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-449_en.htm?locale=en

File Photo. Viviane Reding (C)EU, 2013 URL

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