First up in plenary, we hear from @eucopresident and @vonderleyen on the conclusions of the EU-#Turkey summit, and the deplorable episode of the #sofagate 🪑

🔴Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/fr/plenary-ses…
"Today I want to ask you to make a collective effort to make sure the grotesque image of the #sofagate won’t happen again.

The EU must demonstrate stronger commitment to gender equality!"

@IratxeGarper tells @eucopresident and @vonderleyen
The fact that @eucopresident did not notice the issue is exactly where the problem lies.

@IratxeGarper regrets that most EP political groups rejected our proposal for a full plenary debate on the #sofagate.
To rectify the disastrous image of the #sofagate, @eucopresident must show firmer commitment to gender equality.

The @EUCouncil must unblock the Women on Boards Directive, a fundamental instrument to continue breaking glass ceilings.

@IratxeGarper
We are still very far from gender equality! @IratxeGarper asks @vonderleyen to bring forward new initiatives to fight violence against women.

"We won't stop here. If people move chairs, we will move minds!" 💪
"Any positive agenda with #Turkey should be conditioned to the respect of democracy and the rule of law!"

EP rapporteur on Turkey @NachoSAmor insists: "We must avoid any dissonance among EU institutions".
"That's too many faces, too many voices, too many egos in our external policy.

The EU must allow @JosepBorrellF to do his job!"

@NachoSAmor

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This will be a temporary tool to help European citizens travel safely and freely again, while protecting their data privacy and avoiding new restrictions.

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The pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on free movement!

We need to put an end to the chaos: Without Schengen, there is no EU and there is no European recovery to the crisis.

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The UK government just wanted #Brexit at any cost, without being clear on what that really meant.

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This is not a goodbye, it’s an au revoir. Our progressive fight doesn’t stop here.
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