🧵In today's debate on #IstanbulConvention we heard some of the most shocking hate speech against women & minorities from the far-right.
Our MEPs stood up for women's fundamental right to live free from violence.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1655973909416509440
"There are opponents of course on the right," says @MalinBjork_EU
"They prefer to kick this into long grass, they don't care about women's rights.
"They want to restrict lives, prevent us from deciding over our bodies. We won't let you stop us."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1655974362065797137
"This is a historic milestone in fighting gender based domestic violence," says @ElenaKountoura
"It will be a huge achievement for progressive forces fighting back against those looking to stand still or backslide on women's rights."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1655974603166973994
"Today begins a path that should have no return," says @meugeniarpalop
"We are coming late in the lives of many women: those who are murdered, raped, beaten, mistreated, abandoned and those we leave alone inside and outside our borders.
"I wish I could recite all their names."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1655974135841816578