In a debate in plenary on Wednesday 25 October, the European Parliament firmly condemned sexual harassment in general and at the European Parliament in particular. A common resolution in favour of an EU directive against gender-based violence will be put to the vote on 26 October.
The MEPs put the subject on the agenda for the plenary following the Weinstein scandal in the United States and people revealing that they have been abused using the #MeToo hashtag, but they moved the debate to a...