"Ehm" is the new term for "that’s not how EU-Turkey relationship should be". #GiveHerASeat #EU #Turkey #womensrights pic.twitter.com/vGVFutDu0STHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has hit out after its chief Ursula von der Leyen was left without a chair as Turkey’s president sat down for talks with her male counterpart.
“She does consider that these issues are important and need to be treated appropriately, which they clearly were not,” Mamer said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Ankara yesterday. Source: Xinhua News Agency/PA ImagesSpeaking after the meeting with the Turkish leader, von der Leyen stressed that “human rights issues are non-negotiable”.“This is about protecting women, and protecting children against violence, and this is clearly the wrong signal right now.
“First they withdraw from the Istanbul Convention and now they leave the President of European Commission without a seat in an official visit. Shameful. #WomensRights,” wrote Spanish European Parliament member Iratxe Garcia Perez.
Turkey is muslim country and that's the tradition just like when the EU host Erdogan he'll be traveling to the summit via Lesbos on a half inflated dinghy.
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