In a EU leaders meeting with President Erdoğan of Turkey no seat was provided for Ursula von der Leyen. One of the items up for discussion was women's rights.
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In a EU leaders meeting with President Erdoğan of Turkey no seat was provided for Ursula von der Leyen. One of the items up for discussion was women's rights.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-56668347
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56676344

in a eu leaders meeting with president erdoğan of turkey no seat was provided for ursula von der leyen. One of the items up for discussion was women's rights.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-56668347
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56676344

I'll bet poor old Charles Michel got a real old roasting later...

According to a EU source, the meeting between the three leaders lasted more than two hours and a half.

“The important thing is that the president should have been seated exactly in the same manner as the president of the European council and the Turkish president," EU commission chief spokesman Eric Mamer said, adding that Von der Leyen was surprised by the arrangements.

“She decided to proceed nevertheless, prioritizing substance over protocol, but nevertheless let me stress that the president expects that the institution that she represents to be treated with the required protocol, and has therefore asked her team to take all appropriate contacts in order to ensure that such an incident does not occur in the future," Mamer said.

He added that Von der Leyen's protocol team did not travel to Turkey with her due to the coronavirus pandemic.