In the European Union, 9 million women aged 15 or over have been raped. But how do European countries define rape? The EU just agreed on its first-ever law on violence against women, yet Member States couldn't agree on a common definition of rape. In the first draft of the directive, lawmakers were putting forth a definition based on affirmative consent, the « only yes means yes » approach that gained grounds across many EU countries. Yet affirmative consent didn't make it to the final draft of the directive, vetoed by France and Germany. We break down the reasons for this and what this directive brings with Irene Rosales, from the European Women's Lobby.

Biometric tech, mass surveillance, social scoring or even generative AI like ChatGPT or deepfakes are technologies that the general public can still struggle to fully understand. Faced with the challenge, the European Parliament recently adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first comprehensive AI law. This framework classifies AI systems according to the risk they pose for users... but what's behind the regulation? Between political compromises and strategic moves, in today's episode we break down what the AI Act means for consumers.

To support Ukraine in fighting Russia’s aggression, the EU moved fast and displayed unprecedented unity. A big challenge, considering that all foreign policy decisions must be made unanimously by Member States. But what if the EU is on the road to change? Europe's answer to Russia's attack was historical: thirteen rounds of sanctions against Russia and hundreds of billions of euros in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine were unprecedented measures. But will this momentum translate into something more? We asked Susi Dennison, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign relations, and Peter Stano, the EU foreign policy spokesperson, who join us for this week's episode of « Getting there ».