EU lawmaker punished for women jibe
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THE European Parliament punished a Polish extreme-right MEP yesterday after he said women should be paid less because they are “weaker and less intelligent” than men.
Parliament President Antonio Tajani said Janusz Korwin-Mikke had received an “unprecedented” sanction, including the forfeit of his daily MEP allowance for 30 days, totalling 9,210 euros (US$9,800).
The 74-year-old Korwin-Mikke was also suspended from parliamentary activities for 10 days and will be prohibited from representing the parliament for one year.
The Polish MEP has previously been punished by the EU assembly for making racist comments and remarks about the Holocaust.
“I will not tolerate such behavior, in particular when it comes from someone who is expected to discharge his duties as a representative of the peoples of Europe with due dignity,” Tajani said in a statement.
Campaign group Avaaz welcomed the sanction, which came after almost 1 million people signed a petition asking that the European Parliament punish Korwin-Mikke.
“Nearly 1 million Europeans are calling for a parliament that promotes equality and unity, not one that becomes a megaphone for hate speech,” said Avaaz campaigner Patricia Martin Diaz.
Tajani launched an inquiry following a bitter exchange in the chamber earlier this month in which Korwin-Mikke interrupted female Spanish MEP, Iratxe Garcia-Perez.
“Of course women must earn less than men, because they are weaker, they are smaller, they are less intelligent, they must earn less, that’s all,” Korwin-Mikke told parliament. “Do you know how many women are in the first 100 of chess players? I will tell you: no one.”
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