Marie-Christine VERGIAT, European MP has launched an appeal to member states to remove the PKK from the terrorist list and received the support of over 100 MEPs. Here is the call and the list of signatories:
The PKK must be removed from the EU list of terrorist organizations
Call more than 100 European parliamentarians to Member States
The prospect of achieving a peaceful and democratic solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey is threatened. The violence intensifies and pose a serious risk to the stability of Turkey and the region. In Turkey, we are facing more and more to an explosion of violence that puts the idea of a peace process and weakens the fight against Daech.
Already, the European Union through the voice of its High Representative but also the European Council, the UN and the US have launched appeals for peace in Turkey.
In this context, there is evidence that the PKK’s inclusion on this list is therefore opposed to the establishment of peace, dialogue and negotiations. It aids in the name of the fight against terrorism, violations of human rights, allows the restriction of thought and press freedoms.
The Kurds are an important component of the political struggles in the Middle East and a peaceful solution to the Kurdish conflict is not possible without negotiations with the PKK, which were accepted by the former Prime Minister and current President Erdogan. Similarly in Northern Ireland, a peaceful solution will be possible only by involving all concerned parties.
We parliamentarians undersigned, ask the Council of the European Union that this list be revised and that the PKK removed from the list of EU terrorist organizations.
signatories:
VERGIAT Marie-Christine
GOMES Ana
VALERO Bodil
Josef Weidenholzer
Michael DEMESMEAKER
KELAM Tunne
Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Matt CARTHY
Marina ALBIOL GUZMAN
Margrete Auken
BJORK Malin
Martina ANDERSON
Lynn BOYLAN
CHOUNTIS Nikolaos
BENIFEI Brando
Lefteris Christoforou
José BOVÉ
Kostas CHRYSOGONOS
CORRAO Ignazio
Javier Couso
DE MASI Fabio
João FERREIRA
DURAND Pascal
FARIA Jose Inacio
ECK Stefan
Eva KAILI
Paloma LOPEZ BERMEJO
Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI
ERNST Cornelia
EVI Eleonora
Ernest Maragall
GRASWANDER-HAINZ Karoline
Sabine LÖSING
Eleonora FORENZA
Klaus BUCHNER
HÄNDEL Thomas
FREUND Eugen
Arne GERICKE
Costas Mavrides
Maria GRAPINI
Karima DELLI
Eleni THEOCHAROUS
JAAKONSAARI Liisa
Takis HADJIGEORGIOU
Jordi SEBASTIA
Heidi Hautala
Yannick Jadot
Dennis DE JONG
Bart Staes
António Marinho e Pinto
Eva Joly Gro
KARI Rina Ronja
KELLER January
MICHELS Martina
Kateřina Konečná
Merja Kyllönen
Jean LAMBERT
THE HYARIC Patrick
Barbara LOCHBIHLER
LUNACEK Ulrike
MALTESE Curzio
JUARISTI ABAUNZ Iosu
Jiri MASTALKA
GONZALEZ PENAS Tania
Kuneva Kostadinka
Marisa MATIAS
MÉLENCHON Jean-Luc
MINOR Anne-Marie
Michel Reimon
PAPADIMOULIS Dimitrios
NI RIADA Liadh
PANZERI Pier Antonio
Alfred SANT
Pedicini Piernicola
Georgi Pirinski
VALLINA OF NOVAL Angela Rosa
Evelyn Regner
Demetris Papadakis
SPINELLI Barbara
RIVASI Michèle
Miguel VIEGAS
Sofia Sakorafa
SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY María Dolores Lola
SCOTT CATO Molly
Ernest URTASUN
SERRÃO Ricardo SANTOS
Alyn SMITH
ZUBER Inês
Škrlec Davor
Ivo VAJGL
Gabriele ZIMMER
Keith TAYLOR
SENRA Lidia RODRIGUEZ
REVAULT of ALLONNES Bonnefoy Christine
Terricabras Josep-Maria
TORRES MARTINEZ Estefania
URBAN CRESPO Miguel
SYLIKIOTIS Neoklis
VANA Monika
Helmut SCHOLZ
Tatjana Ždanoka
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