In Italy, according to the latest Istat data, almost eight out of ten children witness violence against their mother.
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The 79.2% figure refers specifically to women who accessed anti-violence centres ('centri antiviolenza') and started a path out of violence in 2024, not to all women victims of domestic violence in Italy. The sample is limited to those who sought institutional help.
The percentage applies only to victims who have children ('delle vittime che hanno figli'), not to all children in the general population. The claim does not specify this conditional scope.
The data was published in March 2026, after the reference year 2024, and was available to the MEP at the time of the session (May 2026).
PrimaryISTAT — PDF Report: Centri antiviolenza Istat-DPO Anno 2024Elevatissimo è il numero di casi in cui i figli assistono alla violenza subita dalla propria madre (79,2% delle vittime che hanno figli) e nel 24,7% dei casi i figli hanno subito essi stessi violenza.