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Sant abstains on Syria resolution, Metsola dubs stand ‘reprehensible’
Alfred Sant on Syria resolution: “European Parliament is entrenched in the belief that it has the compass by which to judge political behaviour elsewhere. however, this House interprets them in political mode”
17 March 2021, 4:37pm
by Matthew Vella
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant has abstained on a European Parliament resolution on Syria, saying sanctions are mainly hurting civilians in a conflict that has left tens of thousands of victims, displacing huge populations.
All other Labour MEPs and Nationalist MEPs voted in favour of the resolution, in which the European Parliament strongly condemned all atrocities and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Syria, in particular by the Assad Regime, but also by Russia, Iran and Turkey.