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The Government has stressed that the law is intended to protect children from abuse by adult sexual predators, and is not to be used to prosecute teenagers who are close in age for having consensual sex - meaning, both of you want to have sex and don't feel under pressure.

Today, 18 is the age at which you are given the right to vote in the majority of EU countries, and also the right to vote in elections for the European Parliament. Over recent years, there have been an increasing number of proposals to lower it to 16 or 17.