Slovakian MEP pulls dove from bag and frees it as ‘symbol of #peace’ in the European Parliament!

To the bafflement and surprise of the MEPs present in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Miroslav Radačovský, the leader of the rightwing Slovak Patriot party, reached into his bag and released a dove into the chamber.

He said he wished “the whole world, the Russians and the Ukrainians” peace. “I would like to set this dove free as a symbol of peace, to symbolise that Europe needs peace. Let’s let this dove unite all of us.”

Rather than uniting those present, however, the stunt appeared to horrify some of those in the chamber. Caroline Roose, a French MEP with the Greens, raised a point of order saying Radačovský had used a live animal to make a political point in defiance of the parliament’s rules.

“He used an animal, hidden in his fanny pack like a simple object, just to make a peace statement today. What are you going to do to get this animal back, sir? Where is animal welfare in this speaker’s gesture? I find this absolutely unacceptable,” Roose said.

As the bird flapped around the chamber, another colleague asked Radačovský: “Can you catch it as well?”

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, a vice-president of the parliament, said the incident would be reported to the president of the chamber, adding: “We hope that the animal will be all right.”

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[luciabenusova]

Ma pravdu..ale treba konať! Eu a Nato je len bábka Usa.

[josfol]

Can somebody explain for me why the most of all seats in the EU parliament are empty? Where are all the highly overpaid members (nowadays nobility) of the parliament?! Why are not in and listen to the debater?! Is it not their duty to sit there and listen?! I am always so upset when I see the empty seats. I begin to suspect the true reason and I can see the pattern. It is because the speaker in this case is from Slovakia which is considered to have a populist government?! The same problem with presence of the members of parliament when speaker is from Hungary, Polen, AFD from Germany aso aso aso, the list can be long. The new NOBILITY in the EU parliament forget that they are paid from the taxes of all the working people in Europe. SHAME ON THEM!!!

[Jaro]

Nabudúce nech im doniesie niekto zo Slovenska tie chránené medveďe ktoré nám behajú po mestách.

[jjoudalova]

P. Radačovský, děkuji. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[bertalantoth]

They are so afraid it will shit on their brilliant heads 😂

[elizabethhagman]

Thank you, you are brave Slovakian MEP

[stanislavivan]

no worries, as Mr. Radacovsky said it will fly home. Open the window, and that's it. Why such panic of bureaucrat? They don't have experience from real life

[JanasSpace]

If the dove was wearing a missile sign on her back they would be clapping!!! Hypocrites!

[KPsTboy]

For f's sake, can't she just focus on the point being made? It just goes to show how much people aren't in sync and aren't able to prioritize, even in parliament.

[jfgsfnq]

Iits nice to look after animals!!! What about people, childrens and their life?!?!?! Peace!!!

[olaristemic]

Those EU warmongers can not even look at a pigeon of peace.

[fehimrekic]

You worry about the animal you don’t worry about the humans being special in Gaza almost 40, 000 children, innocent children dead you don’t care about that you worry about the animal shame on you🇵🇸🇧🇦🤲🏼☝️

[RedFortress]

Incident, seriously? It's a bird, just let it fly.

[rosariovasta]

She is more worried about the animol tgat the human beong that are diying around the world because wars and contonue colonization from her nation.

[onlytimewilltell]

Why just Europe peace is essential everywhere just goes to show how narrow minded Europe is

[newyork]

And the dove said. Where I'm? EU. Get the are of here before they kill me.😅😅😅

[bipbip]

Few claps
Leaders DO NOT WANT PEACE😮😢

[balgizigrizi]

Peace is unacceptable? What a bunch of low vibration people we have.

[zionstar]

Ha ha, ,do you know how many birds are killed by your windmills, ,shalow thinking, ,we need smart and with conscience, representative please help us😢

[otto]

Tank you Slovakian 🇸🇰 peace and freedom a round the world 🌎 ❤️🙏 for all nations 🙏🙏🙏