Sacking
European Parliament sacks vice-president for 'serious misconduct'
Parliament says Ryszard Czarnecki used an offensive Polish term for fellow MEP
Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki has been stripped of his position as a vice-president of the European Parliament for "serious misconduct".
Czarnecki referred to fellow Polish MEP Róża Thun as a "shmaltsovnik", an offensive Polish term for someone who blackmailed Jews, or Poles protecting Jews, during the Nazi occupation, the parliament said in a statement.
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