Pro-Kurdish protest briefly suspends EU parliament plenary session

Demonstrators are currently standing on over-hanging barriers.

Demonstrators inside the European Parliament chamber were seen standing on over-hanging barriers. Picture: Seán Kelly/Twitter

A small protest by pro-Kurdish activists briefly forced the suspension of a plenary session of the European Union’s parliament.

The protesters were in the visitors’ area of the parliament when they unfurled flags supporting jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and started shouting as the legislators were holding a debate on climate and environmental issues.