In her later talk in Brussels, she quotes the US vice-president Kamala Harris, saying that the status of women is the status of democracy. So true! Van der Leyen now makes herself heard, talking about disrespect she experienced for no other obvious reason but simply because she is a woman. Even more importantly, she asks what about the millions of women who cannot make themselves heard and suggests measures that need to be introduced to fight that. Gosh, so many wrongs to be righted …
Read details about Van der Leyen’s visit to Turkey here and listen to the recording of her speech at the European Parliament in Brussels.