Contents tagged with European Parliament
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European Parliament calls for sanctions against those responsible for the ban of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis
On Thursday, the EU website stated that the European Parliament approved the resolution that calls on the European Union to impose sanctions against people involved in banning the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars.The text of the resolution noted that the European Parliament expresses its commitment to the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and sanctions imposed after it. The Parliament calls on expanding the list of people against whom EU sanctions will be imposed for …
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European Parliament to adopt a resolution on human rights abuses against Crimean Tatars
The European Parliament will adopt a resolution concerning the human rights violations of Crimean Tatars
The European Parliament will hold a debate and adopt a resolution on violations by the Russian Federation of the rights of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea, as was noted on the agenda of the next plenary meeting of the EU legislature which will be held on 9-12 May in Strasbourg.
"Debates and vote on a resolution on human rights violations of Crimean Tatars, standards of democracy and …
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Member of European Parliament: Maintaining the current sanctions against Russia will be effective
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, stated in her interview with LIGA.net that the European Union will not impose new sanctions against Russia. “Frankly speaking, if we are able to save the acting sanctions in the European Union, we will have a tool to exert pressure on Russia and it would be good,” the politician noted.According to Harms, there is opposition to the extension of sanctions against Russia in many EU countries. In particular, German …
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European Commission submits legislative proposal to abolish visas for Georgian citizens
On Wednesday, the European Commission announced they had submitted a legislative proposal for the liberalization of visas for Georgian citizens.
The European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said this at the press conference in Brussels, according to the Evropeyskaya Pravda newspaper.
"The Commission proposed today to abolish visas for Georgian citizens. The Commission proposes to include Georgia in the list of countries with which the EU has a visa-free regime," he said. …
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Members of the European Parliament urge the EU to impose sanctions against Putin
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged the European Union to impose personal sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin and 28 other people involved in the illegal treatment of Nadiya Savchenko – a citizen of Ukraine, military pilot and deputy of the Verkhovna Rada.
57 deputies sent an appeal to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. "We, the deputies of the European Parliament believe that the EU should …
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European Parliament MPs, British government call for immediate release of Savchenko
Deputies of the European Parliament and the city of London have called for the release of Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko. In a letter addressed to Savchenko, 26 deputies announced their intention to “continue their struggle” for her release. This letter was posted by Savchenko’s lawyer, Mark Freygin, on his Facebook page. The Ukrainian pilot is seen to be a victim of the unjust regime of the Kremlin. European parliamentarians have called Savchenko’s behavior “an example of strong …
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European Parliament ready to vote in favor of visa-free regime for Ukraine
The European Parliament is prepared to vote in favor of the abolition of visas for citizens of Ukraine, the President of the EP, Martin Schulz, said after a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Munich, according to Glavnoye.
"We are now waiting for a legislative proposal from the European Commission on the abolition of visas for citizens of Ukraine, which will come after the Verkhovna Rada votes in favor of the relevant laws," the President of the European Parliament said. …
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The European Parliament calls on Russia to cease human rights violations in Crimea
The European Parliament (EP) condemned the "unprecedented level" of violations of the rights of Crimeans, in particular Crimean Tatars, in the annexed pensinsula. Members of the EP supported the relevant resolution at the plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday.
The EU institution "strongly condemns the unprecedented level of human rights violations”, in particular, “under the pretext of fighting extremism and terrorism carried out against the Crimean people, primarily against the Crimean …
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European Parliament Supports Establishment of International Tribunal for MH17
The resolution of the European Parliament stated that they support the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for investigating the MH17 incident. In 2014, the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 passenger plane was shot down over the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. The European Parliament also called on Russia to fully cooperate with the international community in order to carry out a full and impartial investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice, the document says.
Russia’s …