Korwin-Mikke quits MEP post

A controversial MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke announced that he will be leaving his post in Brussels. He claimed it “was a waste of time” and announced his return to Polish politics. He wants to launch yet another political party and mulls running for Warsaw’s president. He was infamous for his racist and sexist remarks and for which he was fined numerous of times. Last year, during the parliamentary debate on gender gap that “women must earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller and less intelligent.” He was suspended for a month without pay for this remarks. Recently, tabloid Fakt, claimed Mikke and his current party Wolność are a subject of European Parliament’ investigation in defrauding EU donations by hiring his friends and family members as parliamentary assistants and other suspected financial activity. He denied the charges calling them “nonsense” and that they’ve concerned politicians who already left the party. His replacement in the European Parliament will be Dobromir Sośnierz.