Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000197/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Cristina Guarda (Verts/ALE)
The 1947 Peace Treaty with Italy adopted by United Nations Security Council Resolution S/RES/16, established the Free Territory of Trieste as a demilitarised and neutral state.
However, the Gulf of Trieste currently hosts two military nuclear transit ports, the port of Trieste in Italy and the port of Koper in Slovenia, in violation of this Treaty.
The European Parliament took note of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and recognised its vision for a nuclear weapon-free world[1].
The denuclearisation of the Gulf of Trieste, as put forward by the NGO Mundo sin Guerras y sin Violencia (World without Wars and Violence) at the 2nd TPNW review meeting[2], would be the first foundation of a European ‘nuclear-weapon-free zone’[3].
In view of the above, can the Commission clarify what actions it intends to promote, within the framework of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, in support of the denuclearisation of the Gulf of Trieste and in implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 16?
Submitted: 17.1.2025
- [1] European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2021 on the challenges and prospects for multilateral weapons of mass destruction arms control and disarmament regimes (2020/2001(INI)), https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021IP0504.
- [2] https://docs-library.unoda.org/Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons_-SecondMeeting_of_States_Parties_(2023)/TPNW.MSP_.2023.NGO_.16.pdf.
- [3] https://www.prif.org/fileadmin/Daten/Publikationen/Prif_Working_Papers/PRIF_WP_27.pdf.