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Question for written answer E-006465/2020 to the Commission Rule 138 Sylwia Spurek (Verts/ALE), Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE), Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Verts/ALE), Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana (Verts/ALE), Terry Reintke (Verts/ALE), Diana Riba i Giner (Verts/ALE), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Verts/ALE), Damian Boeselager (Verts/ALE) Subject: Adding gender-based violence to the list of EU crimes In its work programme for 2021, the Commission proposed extending the list of EU crimes to include all forms of hate speech and hate crime. This is a shift from President Ursula von der Leyen’s previous declarations, having said in her introductory statement that she would ‘propose to add violence against women on the list of EU crimes defined in the Treaty’1. In the work programme, the Commission also stated that, while remaining committed to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the EU, it would ‘put forward a new proposal to combat gender-based violence’2 .The legislative proposal will be presented on completion of a fitness check of the relevant EU legislation, covering the period from the adoption of each legal act up to 2020. This suggests the proposed legislation will have a reduced scope, which would not allow the amended Article 83 of the TFEU to be the legal basis, with gender-based violence added to the list of EU crimes. In light of the above: 1. Is the Commission still committed to adding gender-based violence to the list of EU crimes (Article 83 TFEU)? 2. How is the Commission going to ensure that the proposed legislation covers the issue of gender- based violence in a holistic manner, in the absence of a proper legal basis (i. e. Article 83 TFEU)? Supporter3 1 Opening Statement in the European Parliament Plenary Session by Ursula von der Leyen, Candidate for President of the European Commission. 2 Commission communication of 19 October 2020 entitled ‘Commission Work Programme 2021: A Union of vitality in a world of fragility’ (COM(2020)0690). 3 This question is supported by a Member other than the authors: Ernest Urtasun (Verts/ALE) PE662.288v01-00.

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