Many on the far ideal and some on the left declined the symbolic relocate to state Moscow as a terrorist program.
Published On 25 Nov 2022
The European Parliament on Wednesday embraced a resolution stating Russia a state “sponsor of terrorism” over its war in Ukraine.
” The intentional attacks and atrocities devoted by Russian forces and their proxies versus civilians in Ukraine, the damage of civilian facilities and other severe infractions of global and humanitarian law total up to acts of fear and make up war criminal offenses,” the European Parliament stated.
In overall, 494 members of the European Parliament (MEPS) enacted favour of the resolution, 58 protested and 44 stayed away.
The mostly symbolic relocation is not likely to make an effect, due to the fact that the European Union– unlike the United States– does not have the legal structure to designate nations. Throughout the Atlantic, on the United States list are North Korea, Syria, Cuba and Iran.
The EU developed its horror list in 2001, following the September 11 attacks in New York.
It consists of individuals, groups and entities and is evaluated a minimum of every 6 months.
ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda armed groups are amongst those presently on the list.
Which members voted versus the resolution?
Russia is the very first nation to be stated a state sponsor of terrorism by the European Parliament.
However, members were not consentaneous in their ballot, with a bigger percentage of the conservative bloc of the Parliament versus the association of Russia with terrorism.
Twenty-six members of the reactionary political group Identity and Democracy voted versus designating Russia as a sponsor of terrorism.
Here is a breakdown of votes by nation, house nation celebration, and member:
These French political leaders who voted versus the resolution are all members of the National Rally or Rassemblement National, which is led by Marine Le Pen.
- Mathilde Androuët
- Jordan Bardella
- Aurélia Beigneux
- Dominique Bilde
- Annika Bruna
- Patricia Chagnon
- Marie Dauchy
- Jean-Paul Garraud
- Catherine Griset
- Jean-François Jalkh
- France Jamet
- Virginie Joron
- Jean-Lin Lacapelle
- Gilles Lebreton
- Thierry Mariani
- Philippe Olivier
- André Rougé
The list below German political leaders who voted versus the resolution are all members of the reactionary Alternative for Germany or Alternative für Deutschland celebration (AfD).
- Christine Anderson
- Gunnar Beck
- Nicolaus Fest
- Maximilian Krah
- Joachim Kuhs
- Guido Reil
- Bernhard Zimniok
Czech MEPs, who are members of the populist Freedom and Direct Democracy celebration, or Svoboda a přímá demokracie:
- Hynek Blaško
- Ivan David
One member of the centre-right European Conservatives and Reformist Group voted versus the resolution:
- Emmanouil Fragkos, whose celebration in Greece is Greek Solution, or Elliniki Lusi-Greek Solution
Twelve members from the centre-left Progressive Alliance of the Socialists and Democrats voted versus the resolution.
From Bulgaria– all with the centre-left Bulgarian Socialist Party:
- Ivo Hristov
- Tsvetelina Penkova
- Sergei Stanishev
- Petar Vitanov
- Elena Yoncheva
From Germany– all with the Social Democratic Party of Germany or Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), which is the celebration of Chancellor Olaf Scholz:
- Joachim Schuster
- Dietmar Köster
From Italy– these 3 political leaders come from Partito Democratico or the Democratic Party:
- Pietro Bartolo
- Andrea Cozzolino
- Massimiliano Smeriglio
From Slovakia:
- Monika Beňová (SMER-Sociálna demokracia, or Direction– Slovak Social Democracy)
- Robert Hajšel (Independent)
Ten members of the Left group in the European Parliament voted versus the resolution:
From Belgium:
- Marc Botenga (Parti du Travail de Belgique or Workers’ Party of Belgium– which is a Marxist celebration)
From Cyprus:
- Niyazi Kizilyürek (Progressive Party of Working People– Left– New Forces)
From Czech Republic:
- Kateřina Konečná (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, or Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia)
From Germany (DIE LINKE. celebration, or The Left celebration):
- Özlem Demirel
- Martin Schirdewan
From Portugal (Partido Comunista Português, or Portuguese Communist Party– a Marxist-Leninist group)
- Sandra Pereira
- João Pimenta Lopes
From Ireland (Independents 4 Change):
- Clare Daly
- Mick Wallace
From Spain:
- Miguel Urbán Crespo (Anticapitalistas)
Nine MEPs who are not associated with any political grouping likewise voted versus the resolution:
- Nicolas Bay (France– Reconquête!, or Reconquest– a nationalist celebration)
- Francesca Donato (Italy– now an independent however previously with the reactionary Lega Nord, or Northern league headed by Matteo Salvini)
- Marcel De Graaff (Netherlands– Forum voor Democratie, or Forum for Democracy, a conservative populist celebration)
- Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (Greece– Communist Party of Greece)
- Kostas Papadakis (Greece– Communist Party of Greece)
- Miroslav Radačovský (Slovakia– Slovak PATRIOT, which is a conservative celebration)
- Milan Uhrík (Slovakia– Hnutie Republika or Republic– a reactionary celebration)
- Martin Sonneborn (Germany– Die Partei or The Party, which is a satirical celebration)
- Tatjana Ždanoka (Latvia– Latvijas Krievu savienība or the Latvian Russian Union, which is backed by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities)