Romanian far-right politician Diana \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 was thrown out of the session of the European Parliament on Thursday, July 18, during the debate on Ursula von der Leyen’s election for a new term as President of the European Commission. In fact, a newly-elected MEP, she has had a rather controversial start overall in the EP, including through an anti-European speech on July 17.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Diana \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 was expelled from the European Parliament session after the EP chief, Roberta Metsola, requested her removal. \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 was attempting to interrupt the speech of MEP Valerie Hayer from Renew, according to\u00a0G4media.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Romanian MEP, who was holding up an Orthodox icon and kept saying, “In God we trust,” was escorted out of the plenary hall to the applause of the MEPs. She continued to shout in the hallways, saying that European Commission president von der Leyen “killed people” through the Covid-era vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n She also chose to wear a dog muzzle, ostensibly to equate them to medical masks worn during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n In her\u00a0maiden speech in the European Parliament the day before, \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 – who has been criticized for her ties to Moscow – accused the EU of ruining Romania by providing aid to Ukraine and called for a halt to the supply of weapons to Kyiv.<\/p>\n She also said Russia was “the only party that wanted to discuss peace.”<\/p>\n\n