MEPs and national parliamentarians will discuss womenâs key role in fighting the pandemic during an inter-parliamentary committee meeting on Thursday morning.
The annual inter-parliamentary meeting marking International Womenâs Day gathers MEPs and national MPs to discuss gender equality and womenâs rights issues. This yearâs theme is ââWe are strong: Women leading the fight against COVID-19ââ.
After an introductory word by the Chair of the EP Womenâs Rights Committee, Evelyn Regner (S&D, AT), opening speeches will be delivered by EP President David Sassoli, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, followed by a keynote speech by the President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
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Lilianne Ploumen reacts to Lodewijk Asscher’s resignation. Photo: Sem van de Wal ANP
The decision by Lodewijk Asscher to renounce the Labour leadership because of his role in the childcare benefit scandal has been met with dismay by party members and support from others, broadcaster NOS reports.
MP Lilianne Ploumen, currently deputy leader of the parliamentary party, said she had only heard about Asscher’s resignation on Thursday morning. ‘It is definitely a blow. I am shocked,’ she commented. Ploumen refused to be drawn about who might succeed Asscher as leader.
Her name, that of EU commissioner Frans Timmermans and Rotterdam mayor Achmed Aboutaleb are among those in circulation.