This violence should be subject to public prosecution in all EU Member countries, it is an important signal to give that domestic violence is a crime and it must be subject to public prosecution (it avoids the pressure on women to withdraw her complaint).
Direktīvas priekšlikumu izskata Padome, un E. Estrela norādīja, ka ir "gatava vienošanās sarunu priekšlikumiem", kuri nebūs pretrunā ar Parlamenta pieņemto lēmumu.