Resolutions
While the world debates Iran’s nuclear programme, missiles, and the Strait of Hormuz, millions of people in Iran are facing repression, executions, and isolation. We have to put the people of Iran back at the centre of Europe’s Iran policy.
Women and girls in Afghanistan are being systematically stripped of their rights. Yet, the EU wants to invite Taliban representatives to Brussels to talk about deportations. In my speech in the European Parliament, I sharply criticised this approach and called on the Commission to withdraw the invitation.
The regime in Iran systematically and brutally suppresses any form of dissent. In the European Parliament, we once again debated the situation in Iran during plenary and adopted a resolution. We must decisively increase pressure on the regime and provide meaningful support to the people of Iran.
The EU has sent a clear message to Tehran: the systematic persecution of minorities, especially the Bahá’Ã, must end immediately. As the initiator for the Greens in the European Parliament, I stand firmly with those affected and demand concrete consequences.
We urgently need to work on a Plan B: a regional security architecture that deals with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and prepares for new attacks by the Iranian regime.
Dreadful news from Iran, an important decision by the UN Human Rights Council and what still needs to happen – my plenary speech:
The human rights situation in the Philippines has hardly changed since our last resolution in the European Parliament 17 months ago. The EU must act now! I laid out some options in my plenary speech.
In Europe, we have freedom of expression - and that comes with a responsibility, namely to defend human rights. Looking at the situation in Hong Kong and China, it quickly becomes clear that we as the EU must boycott the Games politically.
The global EU human rights sanctions regime has been in place since last year - this is a great success. But now the mechanism needs to be developed further. In my plenary speech, I explain how exactly this should be done.
Ein großer Erfolg - das Parlament hat heute für das Einfrieren des Investitionsabkommens mit China gestimmt! Damit ist klar: Dem Parlament sind die Menschenrechte wichtiger als mögliche wirtschaftliche Vorteile!
The war in Syria has been going on for 10 years now. It is not enough to throw just money at the problem from the European side. But there are a number of things we can do right now.
Today we voted on a resolution on EU action to combat the COVID19 pandemic. We are not in Strasbourg - so I did not have the opportunity to speak in plenary. That is why I gave an "online" plenary speech!