The European Parliament has a resolution which will offer Ukraine further support against Moscow by taking one net position against Vladimir Putin’s military operations. They are 504 yes votes: a clear majority if you i 26 against egg 36 abstentions. Among these, however, is the presence of 5 Italian MPs: 4 of 5 Star Movement It is a independently with Grillino past. You have decided not to vote in protest against the Strasbourg resolution rejection of a change which called on member states to “explore all possible avenues for peace and to continue their efforts for an immediate end to the war”. Change that also caused a rift within the Pd which could mark a further separation between the dem and the pentastellati.
The text of the resolution
The resolution passed officially sanctions the invalidity of “farce referendums conducted under threat of arms” a Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson. The application for establishing one is then added International Court for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, condemning the military mobilization initiated by the Kremlin and proposing a increased military aid. It would be this last point that raised the controversy of the most extreme wings of Parliament, both on the right and on the left. In particular, the Grillini MEPs, who supported the amendment proposed by the group, abstained The left.
The left addition
With the Irish Clare Dally and Me Wallace First signatory, the later rejected amendment condemned “the lack of diplomatic initiatives on the part of the European Union” and called for the search for a “peaceful solution»Of the conflict on the basis« respect for Ukrainian territorial integrity and international law ». Added to this was the recognition of «a some degree of autonomyFor some Ukrainian regions and one neutral status for Ukraine. Corresponding Laura Ferraraone of the five-star MEPs who abstained from voting on the resolution, “by rejecting this amendment we have missed the opportunity to lead the way for the European institutions”, but reiterates that “we will be consistent and responsible work to make negotiation and diplomacy a success“.
The position of the Democratic Party and the M5S
“I am convinced of that mobilization for peace serve, be useful,” he wrote in a tweet Pierfrancesco Majorino, one of 7 Democratic Party lawmakers accused of being dissidents. With him, Pietro Bartolo, Caterina Chinnici, Andrea Cozzolino, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Franco Roberti and Massimo Smeriglio have decided to support the amendment of the left, accused of being too pro-Russian. As for the movement, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano, this decision was not linked to a lack of support for the Ukrainian cause, but rather to a excessive imbalance of the text to positions that only envisage the military solution at the expense of the diplomatic one. “We unreservedly share the European Union’s firm support for Ukraine and dutiful condemnation of the war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces, but it is clear that the previous position in the conflict has to change», Confirms the party led by Giuseppe Conte.
MPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace
However, special attention should be paid signer this much-discussed amendment: Clare Daly and Mick Wallace. The first deputies are famous Interventions in Strasbourg in which he expressed his opposition to the imposition of sanctions against Moscow. “They only make the people suffer,” he said, accusing the West of refusing to “promote” peace negotiations. However, Di Daly also recalls how he claimed last January that the Russian troops who were massing on the Ukrainian border were “clearly defensiveAnd that “there is no evidence that Russia has any desire to invade Ukraine, it would not benefit them”. The invasion began, despite her predictions, both she and Wallace were right against the concession of 1.2 billion euros on loans to Ukraine. Daly was hired for these positions last July in the list of public figures accused of dissemination by the Kiev Security Service Russian propaganda.
Wallace is also famous for his more or less openly pro-Russian positions. Especially when Russia officially recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the Irish MP said He fought for the abolition of NATO affirming that “it has nothing good to offer to those who prefer peace to war”. In an interview with Irish radio, he explained that he did not vote on Thursday’s resolution “because we don’t agree on many thingslike calling on member states to massively increase their military aid’.
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