The resignation of the member of the European Parliament due to the accusation of sexual harassment against women

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tags Spiegel” newspaper, Malt Galle, the youngest German member of the European Parliament from the Green Party, submitted his resignation to the Parliament after exposing the scandal of harassment of dozens of women and keeping silent about these accusations.

He, who is the youngest member of the European Parliament at the age of 30, announced on Friday that he informed the leadership of his party’s faction about this action.

Some The members of the Green Party considered these accusations to be rumors, and at the same time, Ashtern weekly newspaper reported that this representative resigned from his position due to the repeated accusations against him.

This 30-year-old representative said: “It is difficult for me to resign as a member of parliament and I am sorry that I will no longer be a member of the European Parliament. In response to questions about the reasons for this action, he confirmed to the German news agency, “There have been rumors about me for some time.” For this reason, he himself asked the inspector of the Green Party in the European Parliament to investigate this issue in the summer of 2022.

According to this report, several female employees of the Green Party in Brussels have accused Galli of sexually harassing them since the summer of 2022. More than a dozen people are said to have reported Galli’s misconduct to Stern. Based on this, these accusations and harassment in various forms have been formed against dozens of women. The leadership of the parliamentary faction of the Green Party and those around him have accused him of not taking their complaints seriously. These officials were also under pressure in this case. When “Stern” asked Gali about these accusations, he evaded. He said about sexual harassment: “This did not happen in my world.” He claimed: “I am of the opinion that I did not do anything wrong.” From the beginning, he insisted that all rumors should be investigated according to him. He emphasized: That is why I welcome the fact that there are structures for inspection procedures in the Bavarian regional association and in the European Greens parliamentary group. Galli emphasized that he is available for this at any time.

He emphasized that he wants to be able to fully focus on possible inspection processes in the coming weeks and months. Neither Galli, the European Greens nor the Bayern regional association would comment on whether proceedings are currently underway.

Also, when the Green faction in the European Parliament was asked about this, they did not want to comment on specific rumors. A spokesperson for this faction said only in general: “The Greens/EFA group attaches great importance to a safe environment and zero tolerance against harassment and inappropriate behavior.”

This Green Party politician from Bavaria replaced “Son Gegeld” in the European Parliament at the beginning of 2022, who moved to Germany as the Deputy Minister of Economy.

From the year 1999, the Greens formed a joint parliamentary group with the European Free Alliance (EFA), in which regional parties joined together. The co-leader of the Green Party in the European Parliament, Terry Rantke, and the head of the Green Group, Rasmus Andersen, did not initially comment when asked about the case.

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