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Female staffers at the EU Parliament risk sexual abuse and harassment by male MEPs (Photo: EUobserver)

MEPs demand external probe into parliament sex abuse

A group of MEPs are demanding an external probe into allegations of sexual harassment at the European Parliament following a report of abuse of young female staffers in the Sunday Times newspaper.

The article described the European Parliament as a "hotbed of sex harassment" following revelations a number of male senior MEPs had abused around a dozen female aides.

Names of the the alleged perpetators have been kept from the public, although the Times newspaper

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Female staffers at the EU Parliament risk sexual abuse and harassment by male MEPs (Photo: EUobserver)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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