The Time the elevator stopped
It happened during the peak of the #metoo debate: I stepped inside an elevator in the ASP building which was full. A young man wearing a suit stepped in, walked past me and then brushed my hair. I...
View ArticleThe time I was at lunch
I was at the entrance of the canteen of my building with a colleague one day. It was 12:00 o’clock, there was no one around yet. Just me and my colleague chatting before entering the canteen. A man...
View ArticleThe time I got gym stimulation
I’m a lawyer-linguist from a Nordic country and like to keep myself healthy fit through doing various sports, such as barre, trekking and krav maga. However, having a good body is not an open...
View ArticleThe time I received an unwanted kiss
I was an assistant at the European Parliament from 1994 until 1999. On one occasion, several German CDU MEPs went to Restaurant Maxburg. When I went downstairs to the toilet, a male MEP came and gave...
View ArticleThe time he sent out inappropriate suggestions late at night
A MEP with a prominent position within my political group has been contacting female staff members on their private social media profiles on numerous occasions making inappropriate suggestions late at...
View ArticleThe one who thought I would ”fit the profile”
A MEP, his assistant and his intern approached me and my friend one Thursday at Place Luxembourg (Plux). After introducing themselves, they asked if we wanted an internship at their office because we...
View ArticleThe time he asked me out and then masturbated in front of me behind his desk
A former male MEP, who is now doing quite well in consultancy in Spain, thought it was appropriate to continuously message me via an online LGBTQI+ dating-application. He sometimes asked me out even...
View ArticleMen can be victims too!
Since I’ve learned that the European Parliament will discuss sexual harassment in the parliament again I would like to bring the issue of male victims forward. I’ve worked for several years in this...
View ArticleThe one that told me to use my beautiful skills and to do “anything” to get a...
Until last week, I was a trainee at DGCOMM. One can find oneself in a kind of crazy spiral once a traineeship has ended. Several questions arise: where to apply, what is the next career move or how to...
View ArticleInitial Survey Results
Survey on the situation of harassment in the European Parliament Between 26/06/2023 and 05/07/2023 we collected (preliminary) data on the situation of harassment in the European Parliament, as...
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