During the presentation of nominees for the 2018 Sakharov Prize, several MEPs spoke out, on Thursday 27 September, against the nomination of pro-life activist Mary Wagner, proposed by Marek Jurek (ECR, Poland) and 41 other MEPs.
Although, in Jurek's opinion, Wagner defends the right to life of unborn children, and "takes on her own shoulders the burden of an unjust law that denies the human dignity of the weakest", Ana Miranda (Greens/EFA, Spain) regrets Wagner's nomination, which brings...