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This comparative analysis of the national legislation on rape in European Union Member States provides an overview of legal provisions with a focus on the notion of consent. According to the proposed EU directive on violence against women and domestic violence, lack of consent from victims of rape should be made a constitutive element of the crime.

In September 2020, the European Commission proposed a new pact on asylum and migration, which includes a proposal for a regulation dealing with crisis and force majeure in the area of migration and asylum. The proposal aims to establish a mechanism for dealing with mass influxes and irregular arrivals of third-country nationals in a Member State. The proposed regulation sets out a solidarity mechanism procedure, allowing derogations from the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation (AMMR) as regards ...

This EPRS paper analyses progress made in carrying through the policy agenda set by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and her College of Commissioners when they took office in December 2019. It looks in particular at the state of play with respect to delivery of the agenda's six key priorities, as we enter the final year running up to the 2024 European elections. The von der Leyen Commission – either on taking office or more recently – has announced a total of 597 planned ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee, examines the legislative procedures in the Treaties. It focuses on special legislative procedures where either Parliament or the Council adopts an act with the participation (consultation or consent) of the other institution. This should not mean, however, that the participating institution could not influence the substance of the act. Instead ...

Durante el primer período parcial de sesiones de octubre de 2022, está previsto que el Parlamento Europeo someta a votación dos acuerdos políticos sobre propuestas relacionadas con la iniciativa de la Unión Europea de la Salud: la propuesta de Reglamento sobre las amenazas transfronterizas graves para la salud y la propuesta de Reglamento por el que se amplía el mandato del Centro Europeo para la Prevención y el Control de las Enfermedades (ECDC). Los actos legislativos propuestos, que complementan ...

This in-depth analysis commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, looks at the past and current developments in the EU better regulation agenda. The author finds that, despite important achievements that put the EU at the forefront in this field, many of the most ambitious reforms announced over the past few years are still far from complete. The in-depth analysis offers several policy recommendations ...

El objetivo de legislar mejor es hacer la legislación y las políticas de la Unión Europea más simples, concretas y fáciles de cumplir. Desde principios de los años 2000, legislar mejor ha sido una prioridad en la agenda europea. En abril de 2021, la Comisión Europea publicó una nueva comunicación sobre legislar mejor. El Parlamento debatirá y someterá a votación el informe de la Comisión JURI relativo a esta comunicación durante el pleno de julio.

Since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (2009), the EU national parliaments have had the right to control the principle of subsidiarity through the Early Warning System (EWS). This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, examines how the EWS has worked over the past 12 years. It also looks into the interaction of the European Commission, local and regional entities, the Committee ...

Ex-ante impact assessment and ex-post evaluation are regulatory policy tools that help inform the policy-making process with evidence-based analysis. Both tools are geared towards raising the quality of policies and legislation. While Better Regulation is widely deemed a prerogative of the executive branch, increasingly, parliaments are also emerging as actors. This study sheds light on the parliamentary dimension of Better Regulation. Based on a survey, it maps the capacities and experiences of ...

El 13 de abril de 2016 la Comisión, el Parlamento y el Consejo firmaron el Acuerdo Interinstitucional (AI) sobre mejora de la legislación, en sustitución de su antecesor de 2003. Transcurridos dos años de su entrada en vigor, el Parlamento tiene previsto someter a votación, en su período de sesiones de mayo II, su informe de propia iniciativa relativo a la interpretación y aplicación del nuevo AI. Este informe hace balance de los progresos logrados e identifica las principales cuestiones pendientes ...