Referring to the incident - now known as ‘SofaGate’ - at the recent EU-Turkey meeting in Ankara (see EUROPE B12698A10), the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said on Monday 26 April that he was now “ready to examine” the proposal to create a new EU Council configuration devoted to gender equality.
“In recent days, several of you have written to me to suggest that I use this incident to defend the role and rights of women even more strongly, and I would like to...