Subscribe here: [ Ссылка ] Provocation with a muzzle: Romanian woman thrown out of the EU Parliament. Far-right MEP kicked out of European Parliament debate for heckling Diana Șoșoacă was forcibly removed from the European Parliament session during Thursday’s debate on the re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European Commission.
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, requested that Șoșoacă be removed from the room after she interrupted speakers three times. She was now trying to interrupt the speech of French MEP Valerie Hayer from Renew.
"How many colleagues are needed to escort her out of the room? I think you have spoken enough," said Roberta Metsola amidst Diana Șoșoacă's protests.
According to images shared by party colleague Luis Lazarus, Șoșoacă raised an icon, shouting "In God we trust!"
She put on a muzzle and started shouting in English: "I have the right to speak. I was voted by Romanians."
She also had the famous black bag in which she claimed during the pandemic that the deceased due to Covid were placed. When someone tried to take the bag from her, she refused to give it, saying it was her property.
"You killed people," she accused.
Șoșoacă then continued her circus in the corridors of the European Parliament. "Where is our sovereignty? Have they decided for everyone? Why? I have a constitution, the Romanian Constitution. I have the right to speak, loud and clear. Where are our rights? Where is justice? We have no freedom of speech, we have nothing. We have a Europe that decides for everyone. We are not slaves," said Șoșoacă.
"Indiscipline and violation of rules are immediately sanctioned. She made a fool of herself," commented on Facebook Siegfried Muresan, MEP and Vice President of the EPP.
Sosoaca was surrounded by up to eight ushers who tried to persuade her to follow the President's instructions. With an annoyed undertone, Metsola asked the MP: "How many colleagues have to come to escort you out of the room?" After an exchange of words, she finally left the room.
Previously, the Romanian had repeatedly disrupted speeches with loud heckling, for which she was also muzzled. This was also the case when the liberal parliamentary group leader Valérie Hayer spoke in favor of abortion rights at the lectern.
The right-wing extremist also held up a picture of Jesus. Parliamentary President Metsola explained that this was the third disruptive action by the Romanian and subsequently expelled her from the chamber.
Sosoaca regularly visits the Russian ambassador in Bucharest and, among other things, prevented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from addressing the Romanian parliament during his visit to Bucharest in October 2023.
The planned speech by the guest from Kiev was canceled because Sosoaca threatened to riot. Her party is a spin-off from the equally far-right AUR party, which is currently in the ECR parliamentary group.
Official Position of the European Parliament
The official explanation from the European Parliament regarding the decision in Șoșoacă's case immediately followed:
"MEP Diana Iovanovici Sosoaca (Romania) was escorted out of the Chamber after shouting and interrupting the plenary debate three times. Article 182 of the EP's Rules of Procedure] on 'Immediate Measures' provides that:
- (1) The President calls to order any Member who violates the conduct standards defined in Article 10(3) or (4).
- (2) In case of repeated violations, the President calls the Member to order a second time, and the act is recorded in the minutes.
- (3) In case the violation continues or if a subsequent violation occurs, the Member may be denied the right to speak and may be excluded from the Chamber by the President for the remainder of the session," stated a communication from the EP
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