Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

Procedure 2025/2040(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU”; the committee responsible is FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 28 Apr 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 28 Apr 2026 (final vote): adopted with 447 votes in favour, 160 against and 43 abstentions.

Reference

2025/2040(INI)

Type

Own-initiative procedure

Status

Concluded in Parliament

Lead

FEMM Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteurs

Evin Incir (S&D, Sweden), Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (S&D, Poland)

Shadow rapporteurs

Irene Montero (The Left, Spain), Isabel Serra Sánchez (The Left, Spain), Diana Riba i Giner (Greens/EFA, Spain), Mélissa Camara (Greens/EFA, France), Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew, Sweden), Anna-Maja Henriksson (Renew, Finland), Arba Kokalari (EPP, Sweden), Verena Mertens (EPP, Germany), Assita Kanko (ECR, Belgium), Mathilde Androuët (PfE, France), Pascale Piera (PfE, France), Irmhild Boßdorf (ESN, Germany)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (A10-0047/2026), 28 Apr 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 447 for, 160 against, 43 abstentions; plus 30 more roll-call votes

Timeline

1. 13 Feb 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 6 Mar 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
3. 26 Jun 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
4. 25 Feb 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 11 Mar 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
6. 27 Apr 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)