Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase «gender equality» from a Friday declaration on advancing social cohesion in the European Union as it strives to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poland’s nationalist ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) and eurosceptic ally Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promote what they call traditional social values at home and have repeatedly clashed with their more liberal Western peers over the rights of women, gay people and migrants.
The two countries opposed mentioning «gender equality» directly in a statement by the bloc’s 27 national leaders, who are meeting in the Portuguese city of Porto on Friday and Saturday to look for ways to reduce social and economic inequalities that widened during the pandemic, reuters.com reports.
How can EU member states let these 2 country dictate 25 other member states values ? It’s time for 25 member stats to grow a pair.
