Polish European lawmaker suspended over sexist remarks
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, March 10, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland, Polish lawmaker of the European Parliament, Janusz Korwin-Mikke speaks to The Associated Press about his controversial views. The European Parliament suspended a Polish lawmaker for 10 days on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 after he said during a debate that women should earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller and less intelligent. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) (The Associated Press)
The European Parliament has suspended a Polish lawmaker for 10 days after he said during a debate that women should earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller and less intelligent.
Parliament President Antonio Tajani said Tuesday that Janusz Korwin-Mikke will be suspended from parliamentary activities for 10 days, forfeit lawmakers' daily subsistence allowance for 30 days and be banned from representing the legislature for a year.
During a March 1 debate on the gender pay gap Korwin-Mikke, a radical right-winger who leads a marginal party, said: "Of course women must earn less than men because they are weaker, they are smaller, they are less intelligent."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tajani said he "will not tolerate such behavior" and added that "by offending all women, (Korwin-Mikke) displayed contempt for our most fundamental values."