What Elena spoke about.

Madam President, gender equality cannot exist in the European Union unless we first eliminate gender-based violence against women and LGBTI people. Despite the positive steps taken so far in this direction, we have been unjustifiably delayed. How do we expect to combat gender-based violence when, even today, there is no comprehensive European strategy to eradicate it, or when gaps and divergences in Member States' legislation persist? It is necessary for the Commission to immediately propose a broad, holistic directive that puts an end to this systematic form of violence, horizontally, in the European Union. For this to happen, gender-based violence must be introduced as a new area of crime in Article 83 of the Treaty and thus act as a legal basis to ensure common legal definitions and common minimum standards aimed at preventing and addressing gender-based violence. Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot afford to waste any more time. I therefore urge you to rise to the occasion and vote in favour of the report.