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"Mr President, has it occurred to this place to put its own House in order before lecturing others in how they should behave? I have been subjected to verbal abuse and near physical violence in the Brussels and Strasbourg Parliament.
Firstly, in one of the meetings I attended as an MEP, one of my fellow British MEPs called me ‘a stupid fucking woman’. He was overheard by a number of other MEPs and also members of staff. Is that acceptable? Secondly, an MEP from the Green Left called a female colleague ‘trash’ in another debate a few weeks ago. Is that acceptable? Thirdly, I have been stalked by a misogynistic journalist who works for an EU media outlet. He arrived to interview me drunk, holding a glass of wine at 10 o’clock in the morning. His second attempt was to doorstep me on leaving the plenary here. He is a big guy in terms of girth, and actually height. He had clearly been drinking again; he had a large camera precariously held on his shoulder and yet he pursued me at pace along the corridor outside here into a glass partition. If he had slipped, he could have crushed me. I am told he has a hatred of women, particularly those who are successful, and my politics. Is this acceptable?
Yes, it seems that abusing women from the centre-right is OK. If a man from this side of the House turned to one of your women and called her the things that we have to put up with in this place, there would be outrage, there would be sanctions imposed, a statement by the President. Do I have any support in here? Silence. That tells me everything I need to know."@en1
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