2025/2040(INI)LIBE

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

Stage: Resolution adopted, reached 28 Apr 2026
Procedure: Own-initiative report
Rapporteurs: Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS (S&D), Evin Incir (S&D)
Last activity: 28 Apr 2026

8 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Plenary vote, 28 Apr 2026.

13 Feb 2025
- Referred to committee
26 Jun 2025
- Committee report tabled
22 Jul 2025
- Committee amendments tabled
25 Feb 2026
- Committee report adopted
11 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
22 Apr 2026
- Tabled for plenary
27 Apr 2026
- Debate in plenary
28 Apr 2026
- Plenary vote

14 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Co-rapporteur	Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS	S&D	PL	FEMM
Co-rapporteur	Evin Incir	S&D	SE	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Abir AL-SAHLANI	Renew	SE
Shadow rapporteur	Anna-Maja Henriksson	Renew	FI
Shadow rapporteur	Arba Kokalari	EPP	SE
Shadow rapporteur	Assita Kanko	ECR	BE
Shadow rapporteur	Diana Riba I Giner	Greens/EFA	ES
Shadow rapporteur	Irene Montero	The Left	ES
Shadow rapporteur	Irmhild Bossdorf	ESN	DE
Shadow rapporteur	Isabel Serra Sánchez	The Left	ES
Shadow rapporteur	Mathilde Androuët	PfE	FR
Shadow rapporteur	Mélissa Camara	Greens/EFA	FR
Shadow rapporteur	Pascale Piera	PfE	FR
Shadow rapporteur	Verena Mertens	EPP	DE

386 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 22 Jul 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

CJ01386

By author

Elisabeth Grossmann63
Emma Rafowicz63
Evin Incir63
Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS63
Lina Gálvez63
Marko Vešligaj63
Diana Riba I Giner43
Mélissa Camara43
Abir AL-SAHLANI38
Anna-Maja Henriksson38

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Billy Kelleher38
Fabienne Keller38
Hilde Vautmans38
Lucia Yar38
Valérie Devaux38
Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová38
Sirpa Pietikäinen36
Maria Walsh35
Sophie Wilmès35
Mathilde Androuët34
Pascale Piera34
Loucas Fourlas30
Arba Kokalari29
Eleonora Meleti29
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska29
Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral29
Rosa Estaràs Ferragut29
Erik Kaliňák21
Judita Laššáková21
Sebastian Tynkkynen20

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 371 of the 386 amendments.

By article

Paragraph 815
Paragraph 414
Paragraph 714
Paragraph 113
Recital N13
Paragraph 512
Paragraph 611
Recital A11
Recital I11
Recital M10

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Paragraph 39
Recital O9
Paragraph 108
Recital E8
Paragraph 117
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 97
Recital F7
Recital L7
Paragraph 11 a (new)6
Paragraph 5 a (new)6
Recital B6
Recital C6
Recital J6
Recital K6
Paragraph 7 a (new)5
Recital O a (new)5
Citation 134
Citation 74
Recital C a (new)4

Covers 251 of the 386 amendments.

5 documents

Documents

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Summary

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The European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the Commission to propose EU-wide legislation defining rape on the basis of lack of consent, rather than requiring proof of force, threat, or coercion. The text primarily affects EU justice and home affairs policy, national criminal law frameworks, and women's rights organizations, calling for harmonized standards across Member States.

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