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The international community has been debating situations involving violence against women for a number of years. However, it is clear that they continue to be victims of violence: one fifth of European women have suffered acts of violence at least once. It is therefore important that the European Union adopt legislation to bring this tragedy to an end. Although the European Commission has come up with several initiatives to put an end to this scourge affecting millions of women throughout the world, not least by drawing up a new action plan on gender equality (2010-2015), the truth is that the EU cannot stand idly by while violations of women’s fundamental rights are going unpunished, particularly in the following areas: sexual abuse, female genital mutilation and forced marriage, human trafficking and prostitution, lack of legal protection, etc. I agree that there is a need for further study of this issue, so that we have the most detailed and scientific data available to us. We cannot remain inactive, however. I therefore welcome the rapporteur’s proposals, in particular the establishment of refuges for victims, an emergency number, and the institution of the European Year of Combating Violence against Women."@en1
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