Press conference following Council of Ministers meeting no. 117

Minister for the Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities Eugenia Maria Roccella, Minister for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, Minister of Labour and Social Policies Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini, Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi and, via video link, Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio held a press conference to illustrate the draft law approved by Council of Ministers meeting no. 117 regarding the introduction of femicide as a crime in its own right and other legislative measures to combat violence against women and to protect victims.