France joins EU countries that consider any sexual intercourse without explicit consent to be rape. The high-profile rape case of Mazan and his victim, Gisèle Pélicot, has put consent at the center of political debate, prompting reform of French legislation on sexual violence. Three years after the Spanish “only yes means yes” law, and with twenty countries already recognizing consent in their legal framework, a big question arises: why is there still no common European standard that protects it as a right?
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