Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000577/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain (PfE), Barbara Bonte (PfE), Branko Grims (PPE), Anna Bryłka (PfE), Fernand Kartheiser (ECR), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (PfE), Gerolf Annemans (PfE), Philippe Olivier (PfE), Gilles Pennelle (PfE), Sarah Knafo (ESN), Roman Haider (PfE), Valérie Deloge (PfE), Angéline Furet (PfE), Nikola Bartůšek (PfE), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR)
On 23 January 2025, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill authorising seizures – by the state and without compensation – of land belonging to white farmers[1]. It replaces the Expropriation Act of 1975, under which the State was obliged to compensate landowners if they accepted the deal, and bases its legitimacy on the notions of justice, equitability and public interest.
It should be noted that several national parties, some of which are themselves part of the Government of National Unity coalition, have clearly contested the constitutionality of such a law and even deemed it an aberration[2].
- 1.Is the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who is surely following the situation closely, aware of the risks this law poses to the security of a much-targeted community and respect for private property?
- 2.What initiatives does she intend to take to prevent discrimination and violence against a minority that has already been the victim of considerable ill treatment?
Supporter[3]
Submitted: 7.2.2025