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