After triggering a cascade of international condemnations (see EUROPE B12683A26), Turkey’s decision to leave the Istanbul Convention has prompted a last-minute addition to the agenda of the European Parliament’s plenary session.
On Thursday 25 March, MEPs debated this first departure from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Violence against Women, a text that signatory States are obliged to align themselves with and that Turkey was the first to join.
The coordinators of the EPP,...