Watch: How should Europe protect its sex workers?

The degree of enforcement of the anti-prostitution laws varies by country, by region and by city

When it comes to legislating on sex work, there are roughly two schools of thought: decriminalisation, which makes prostitution legal, and the Nordic model, which makes it illegal to buy sex (but not to sell it).

Laws on prostitution vary widely across Europe, and the debate has resurged in recent months. It all comes back to the same question: what protects women more, banning sex work or legalising it?

This interview is produced by ARTE and distributed in nine languages thanks to the Emove Hub project. Participating media outlets include EL PAÍS (Spain), Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Internazionale (Italy), Ir (Latvia), Kathimerini (Greece), Le Soir (Belgium) and Telex (Hungary). Each receives funding from the European Union under the European Media Hubs call, led by the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect).

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