
A far-right MEP was ejected from a special European Parliament session to commemorate the Holocaust after repeatedly heckling during a minute of silence for the victims.
Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun shouted, “Let’s pray for the victims of the Jewish Genocide in Gaza,” during the moment of reflection on Wednesday.
Braun also disrupted the chamber just before the recital of the Kaddish, a musical piece based on a Jewish prayer.
This led European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to order Braun’s removal, a decision that was met with applause from the MEPs present. “Mr. Braun, you leave the chamber now,” Metsola said, as he was escorted out of the plenary chamber in Brussels.
Metsola also offered an apology on behalf of the parliament to Corrie Hermann, the daughter of a Hungarian composer and Holocaust victim, who was addressing the parliament during the ceremony.
Braun, a non-attached member of the European Parliament, has a history of anti-Semitic actions.
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