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Leading MEPs Evin Incir (S&D) and Frances Fitzgerald (EPP) warned: 'There is clearly unfinished business' (Photo: European Parliament)

EU's first gender-based violence law a 'big disappointment'

A "historic day" was marked on Tuesday (6 February) in the fight against gender-based violence, with the adoption of the first-ever EU law on combating violence against women — which still needs to be formally approved by member states and the European Parliament.

"For the first time, the European Union sends a clear message that we take violence against women seriously as an existential threat to our security," leading MEP...

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

Leading MEPs Evin Incir (S&D) and Frances Fitzgerald (EPP) warned: 'There is clearly unfinished business' (Photo: European Parliament)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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