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Fully screen French Gisèle Pelicot has been hailed as a hero for his courage and dignity during the trial of her ex -spouse Dominique. Archive photo. Photo: Lewis Joly/AP/TT
The rape scandal surrounding French Dominique Pelicot’s exploitation of his wife can contribute to the EU getting a consent.
Try to introduce a law according to the Swedish model was stopped last year after resistance from, among others, France, Germany and Hungary.
But now the European Parliament hopes for a change, not least because of the upset about how Pelicot drew her wife and let her be raped by many other men.
-Now we are taking power for a new start, says Swedish member Evin Incir (S), who has been given the responsibility to lead an initiative from Parliament to get the European Commission to submit a new proposal.
Incir also hopes for the assistance of a recent judgment in the European Court of Human Rights.
– It clearly says that sexual relationships without consent are rape – including in marriage, says Incir.
The idea is to pass the issue to the European Commission in the summer or early autumn.