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German Green MEP Reinhard Bütikofer (c) appeared unnerved by moderator Jean Saldanha (r) (Photo: Eurodad)

MEP accused of 'disrespecting' female moderator

Some 100 civil society organisations, including Transparency International EU, Oxfam and others, are demanding a wider debate on how women moderators are sometimes subject to verbal abuse by male peers.

They are also demanding a code of conduct to prevent what they say is a "systemic pattern of behaviour" by men who speak down to women during panel debates.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

German Green MEP Reinhard Bütikofer (c) appeared unnerved by moderator Jean Saldanha (r) (Photo: Eurodad)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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