The Secretary General of the Council of Europe called this step “very regrettable” and “a huge setback” in the protection of women.
According to DW, CE Secretary General Maria Peichinovic-Buric. stated that the Council of Europe (CoE) is “alarmed” by Poland’s announced withdrawal from the CoE Convention on Combating Violence against Women.
The conservative party “Law and Justice” under the chairmanship of Jaroslaw Kaczynski insists on the exit. Justice Minister Zbigniew Zebro has already announced that he will launch the relevant process on 27 July. The head of the Ministry of Justice previously called this agreement “a feminist creation to justify homosexual ideology.”