When in Europe, do as the Europeans do.
And once again, the same old question arises. Did our ‘indefatigable protector of the unborn child’ ever object to that reasoning, at any point of his two-year term as European Health Commissioner? And if not… does he object to it now?
Raphael Vassallo
25 May 2021, 7:38am
I was wondering how long it would take former Health Minister (and European Health Commissioner) Dr Tonio Borg to finally weigh in on the ongoing abortion debate, triggered by Marlene Farrugia’s private member’s bill last week.
As it happens, we didn’t have to wait too long. Last Friday, The Times carried a hard-hitting opinion piece, entitled ‘A despicable abortion bill’, in which the former European Commissioner lashed out at both Marlene and Godfrey Farrugia over their “surprising, not to say hypocritical,” U-turn.
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Dutch police arrest more than 180 after third night of violent anti-curfew protests
From CNN’s Mick Krever in London
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Rotterdam on January 25, after a wave of riots in the Netherlands in response to a coronavirus curfew introduced over the weekend. Marco de Swart/ANP/AFP/Getty Images
Police in the Netherlands arrested 184 rioters nationwide on Monday night, according to the country s national broadcaster NOS.
Some of the fiercest clashes with police were in Rotterdam, where officers said 50 arrests were made. Police said in a statement Tuesday that a group of youths started gathering in south Rotterdam around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, and eventually totaled several hundred.