EU consent definition change

[Jequ0n]

Now, maybe I’m a bit thick but I genuinely don’t understand how this is supposed to close any loopholes:

“The European Parliament’s resolution, passed on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, urges all EU member states to adopt an only “yes means yes” legal standard for consent while recognizing that a “yes” obtained through coercion is not valid.

The move seeks to replace the traditional “no means no” principle, which activists argue fails to protect victims by not requiring explicit, affirmative consent for sexual acts.“

At the end of the day you’ll still have one word against another with no way of verifying claims, so what on earth is this supposed to change? Feels like a purely performative measure to showcase that they are tackling a “problem” but maybe I am missing something here.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/europe/ ... latam-intl

[midlander12]

Now, maybe I’m a bit thick but I genuinely don’t understand how this is supposed to close any loopholes:

“The European Parliament’s resolution, passed on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, urges all EU member states to adopt an only “yes means yes” legal standard for consent while recognizing that a “yes” obtained through coercion is not valid.

The move seeks to replace the traditional “no means no” princ

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