Members of the European Parliament debated the inauguration of new United States President Joe Biden and the political situation in the US. The EU and US need to work together as close friends if we are going to overcome the climate crisis, tackle global threats to health and support democracy and human rights worldwide.
Abraham Accords: Time to rethink role of EU in the Middle East
DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network. 14-12-2020 What we have witnessed in the past months is nothing short of swift. It took less than 72 days for the official isolation of Israel by the Arab world to become outdated. [Photo by Antonio López-Istúriz White]
by Emanuele Scimia
Reinhard Bütikofer wants Chen Quanguo, architect of the internment camps for Uyghurs, punished under the new EU mechanism for the protection of human rights. Discussions will start shortly on a list of offenders. For several observers, the European bloc must move from words to deeds.
Brussels (AsiaNews) – I consider
Chen Quanguo, the Chinese Communist Party Secretary in Xinjiang, the most outstanding candidate for application of the new EU mechanism for the protection of human rights” said
Reinhard Bütikofer, head of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with China, speaking to
AsiaNews. The EU legislative branch adopted the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime on Monday.
The Left in the European Parliament firmly rejects the Trump administration’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over occupied Western Sahara as a bargaining chip for the normalization of ties with Israel.
This provocative act that violates international law follows other similarly grotesque US unilateral moves such as the recognition of Israel’s illegal annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and of West Bank settlements. The incoming Biden administration must reverse these lawless moves and return the US to multilateralism and a rules-based order.
Western Sahara, as recognised by the UN, is a Non-Self-Governing Territory that awaits de-colonisation, and therefore it cannot be considered as part of Morocco. The European Court of Justice has reaffirmed in its rulings that Morocco and Western Sahara are two distinct territories.