The mission of the European Parliament that has analyzed the equality policies in Spain this week has concluded its visit to Madrid urging that the “lacunae” of the law of only yes is yes be solved, which has allowed the reduction of sentences to more than 500 sexual offenders. “I know that it is very difficult to reach a consensus in coalition governments, but I want to trust that it will be reached,” said the president of the delegation, Elzbieta Lukacijewska.
Representatives of the Commission for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament have held meetings since Monday with associations, unions, judicial bodies and members of both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. Also with the Ministers of Justice, Pilar Llop (PSOE), and Equality, Irene Montero (Unidas Podemos), who before this delegation once again blamed the judges with a “sexist bias” for the application of the norm.
“Practically everyone with whom we have met has warned of the risks involved with this law, it is difficult not to reflect on this problem,” Lukacijewska said at a press conference at the end of the round of visits. “The role of the European Parliament is not to exert pressure, we show the hope that a good solution to these problems will be achieved,” she added.
On their return to Brussels, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality will prepare a report on these policies in Spain, which is, together with Sweden, the most advanced country of the 27 in this matter, in which they will try to agree on a reference to the yes is yes. Specifically, it is proposed that other nations be recommended not to lower the sentences for sexual crimes, which is what has caused here the revision of sentences with penitentiary benefits for the aggressors.
The head of this expedition maintains that, despite the unwanted consequences of the law, “Spain has spared no effort” in the fight for equality and against violence against women, although it has not wanted to comment on whether it affects its image in the European Union. On the question of whether there should have been political resignations due to the reduction in sentences for attackers, Lukacijewska limited herself to saying that any decision adopted by a government “later passes through the electorate.”
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