Milan, 13 November (LaPresse) – ‘Without consent, it is always violence. Only yes means yes! In the Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, we unanimously approved a very important law that introduces the principle of free consent for the first time: it finally clarifies that only yes means yes, it finally clarifies that any sexual act without consent is rape. This is a fundamental cultural shift in the fight against gender-based violence.’ This was written on Facebook by the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, who posted a photo of a handshake with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the title of a press article on the agreement reached by the Democratic Party and FdI on the amendment voted yesterday in the Justice Committee in Montecitorio, according to which ‘without free consent, it is sexual violence.’ “This is a step forward that is also required by the Istanbul Convention, and we have shown that on this fundamental issue, common ground can be found between the majority and the opposition to move the country forward,” Schlein concluded.