Après l'affaire Dutroux, le Parlement européen et la Commission, en la personne plus particulièrement d'Anita Gradin, décident de concert de donner une impulsion nouvelle à la lutte contre la violence.
After the Dutroux affair, the European Parliament together with the Commission, and in particular its Commissioner Anita Gradin, decided to promote a more ambitious fight against violence and two new programmes, STOP and Daphne, were created.