In Strasbourg MEP's passed a non-binding and not credible resolution
by Emiliano Biaggio
Punish the client, not the prostitute. That's what the EU wants to do in order to tackle sex business in Europe. A non-binding resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday call countries to reduce the demand for prostitution by punishing the clients, imposing them new fines and set stricter rules for all customers. The proposal - passed with 343 votes to 139, with 105 abstentions - suggests to introduce across Europe the so-called "Nordic model". This is followed by Sweden, Iceland and Norway: here prostitution is considered as a violation of human rights and as a form of violence against women, and for such a reason the law criminalises those who buy sex rather than those who sell it. «We send a strong signal that the European Parliament is ambitious enough to tackle prostitution head on rather than accepting it as a fact of life», said MEP Mary Honeyball (S&D, U.K.), who drafted the resolution. Question of point of views. The reality is the European Union proved to be hypocrite, acting not to dismantle the international illegal human traffic that lies behind the prostitution. Of course, it's easier take countermeasures on the demand side rather than to that one of the offering, but in line of principle it become automatic to ask ourselves what situation is worse between committing a crime (reducing a woman into slavery forcing her to offer sex) and take advantage from it (buying sex from a person already reduced into slavery and forced to offer sex). To confirm the hypocrite nature of the resolution adopted in Strasbourg there's the paragraph where is written that buying sexual services from prostitutes under the age of 21 should be a criminal offence in the entire EU. Does that mean if the prostitute is over 21 is there no criminal offence? So, how to conciliate that with the principle of the "Nordic model" by which prostitution is a violation of human rights and a form of violence against women? Something is wrong in Europe. EU institutions and European leaders warned populism is a danger, but in reality they act as they were the first populists. The problem is they don't realise it.
Punish the client, not the prostitute. That's what the EU wants to do in order to tackle sex business in Europe. A non-binding resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday call countries to reduce the demand for prostitution by punishing the clients, imposing them new fines and set stricter rules for all customers. The proposal - passed with 343 votes to 139, with 105 abstentions - suggests to introduce across Europe the so-called "Nordic model". This is followed by Sweden, Iceland and Norway: here prostitution is considered as a violation of human rights and as a form of violence against women, and for such a reason the law criminalises those who buy sex rather than those who sell it. «We send a strong signal that the European Parliament is ambitious enough to tackle prostitution head on rather than accepting it as a fact of life», said MEP Mary Honeyball (S&D, U.K.), who drafted the resolution. Question of point of views. The reality is the European Union proved to be hypocrite, acting not to dismantle the international illegal human traffic that lies behind the prostitution. Of course, it's easier take countermeasures on the demand side rather than to that one of the offering, but in line of principle it become automatic to ask ourselves what situation is worse between committing a crime (reducing a woman into slavery forcing her to offer sex) and take advantage from it (buying sex from a person already reduced into slavery and forced to offer sex). To confirm the hypocrite nature of the resolution adopted in Strasbourg there's the paragraph where is written that buying sexual services from prostitutes under the age of 21 should be a criminal offence in the entire EU. Does that mean if the prostitute is over 21 is there no criminal offence? So, how to conciliate that with the principle of the "Nordic model" by which prostitution is a violation of human rights and a form of violence against women? Something is wrong in Europe. EU institutions and European leaders warned populism is a danger, but in reality they act as they were the first populists. The problem is they don't realise it.
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