The European Parliament’s standing rapporteur for humanitarian aid will be replaced by someone in her own political group, after her appeal against a one-month ban imposed for harassing her staff was dismissed.
Mónica Silvana González, a Spanish MEP from the center-left Socialists & Democrats Group, was sanctioned last month by the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, who cited González’s “psychological harassment” towards her three accredited parliamentary assistants.
The penalty included withdrawing the MEP’s €338 ($362) daily allowance and suspending her participation in parliamentary activities for one month. González denied the claims and appealed, during which time the sanctions were suspended.
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