The European Parliament delegation that came to Spain in February to analyze policies for the protection of women in Spain has underlined the “social alarm” generated by the law of only yes is yes. At that time, the reductions in sentences for aggressors and rapists amounted to 500, a figure that has already exceeded a thousand.
During their three-day visit, the mission from Brussels met with the Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, and her closest team, who insisted that the rule was well done and that the problem lay in its application by the courts with “sexist biases”. The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) also told them that the damage that had occurred was “profound” and “irreparable.”
The report now prepared by the president of the delegation, Elzbieta Lukacijewska, is not binding, since there is a period of seven days for the MEPs from different political parties who were part of this delegation to present their amendments. It also expresses the “concern” for the effects that the Trans Law may have.
In between, Congress has approved the correction of yes is yes at the request of the PSOE thanks to the support of PP, Ciudadanos and PNV. During this process, the coalition government projected an image of total rupture since Unidas Podemos, defender of a norm promoted by the Ministry of Equality, voted against it.
In addition, the delegation from Brussels held a meeting with the Minister of Justice, Pilar Llop, who acknowledged that no previous report had been made on the possible implications that the Trans Law would have on others already in force, as reported by various sources. to this newspaper. Previously, different social groups had conveyed their fear that with the new norm, which allows the change of sex in the Civil Registry from the age of 16 without any requirement, the victims of “structural violence based on sex” are left unprotected “.
In addition to the president, the Commission on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament that visited Spain was made up of the Spanish Lina Gálvez (PSOE), Rosa Estaràs (PP), Soraya Rodríguez (Ciudadanos), Margarita de la Pisa (Vox) and Eugenia Rodríguez Palop (Podemos), the Cypriot Eleni Stavrou (PPE) and the Swedish Carina Ohlsson (S
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