2023-10-18 16:52:17
Trusting that the European Parliament would be something similar to what the Spanish Parliament has recently become where a deputy can swear the Constitution for feminism, the Catalan republic or the land… the MEP of Izquierda Unida, Manu Pineda, has pretended put on the show this Wednesday by speaking while displaying a Palestinian scarf. However, the Presidency of the European Parliament has not allowed him to intervene.
Vice-President Othmar Karas, who was leading the debate at the time, referred to the European Parliament’s code of conduct which limits the display of political symbols in the Chamber. Specifically, the regulation asks to refrain from incorrect behavior and “displaying banners” and is the point for which parliamentarians are usually warned when they show posters, flags or logos.
“The kufiya is a Palestinian cultural symbol. It is not propaganda nor do I carry a flag of anything,” the MEP known for his pro-Palestinian militancy criticized from the stand. Precisely, Pineda has subsequently pointed out that Israel is turning the Gaza Strip into “something similar to the Warsaw ghetto”, ensuring that it “lets people die” and turns the enclave into an “extermination field.”
Precisely this Monday, a MEP from the New Flemish Alliance, Assita Kanko, also attacked Pineda and expressed her surprise at his lack of condemnation of the Hamas attacks: “I am very shocked by my partner’s intervention. “Everyone here defends human rights, we defend that all human beings are equal,” said Kanko.
“I don’t know where you’ve been the last few days, maybe you have been to the moon, but have you seen what has happened in Israel? Have you seen that they (Hamas) have gone house to house killing people, even babies? Have you seen that last week they killed a teacher in France?” Kanko began by questioning.
“Do you remember what happened on European soil? Do you want something like that to happen again? Why don’t you talk about the violation of our rights and values in Europe?“Kanko asked in Monday’s session.
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