A Polish member of the European Parliament sparked outrage when he claimed that women "must" earn less than men in the workplace because they are "weaker, smaller and less intelligent".
Janusz Korwin-Mikke, the conservative and Eurosceptic politician from Warsaw, made the comments during Thursday debate in the Brussels Parliament about the gender pay gap in Europe and how the EU can address it, the Telegraph reported.

He said: "Women should earn less than men, because they are weaker, they are smaller, they are less intelligent, and they must earn less! That's all".

Korwin-Mikke said his point was justified because there were no women in the "first 100 chess players".

The right-wing politician also been accused of racism in the past.

In July 2015, he was suspended from Parliament after giving a Nazi salute. Korwin-Mikke was criticised and suspended for 10 days from parliamentary activities and fined after giving a speech on migrants, describing them as "human garbage".