Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-001544/2025
to the Council
Rule 144
Cecilia Strada (S&D), Camilla Laureti (S&D), Annalisa Corrado (S&D), Sandro Ruotolo (S&D), Giuseppe Lupo (S&D), Marco Tarquinio (S&D), Alessandra Moretti (S&D), Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D)
On Palm Sunday (13 April 2025), around 30 people, including children, were killed and more than 100 injured by a despicable Russian missile strike that used cluster munitions, which have rightly been condemned as contrary to any fundamental human principle.
On the same day, having given an evacuation order just twenty minutes before the attack, Israel bombed the Christian Al-Ahli Hospital, putting the last functional medical facility in Gaza City out of use and also killing three people, including a child.
Both massacres show complete disregard for the principles of international humanitarian law and are part of a series of violations of human rights and human dignity which should constitute a line in the sand for EU action on the international stage, as established in Article 21 TEU, the consistency of which is a prerogative of the Council, among others.
In the light of these atrocities:
- 1.Will the Council condemn the use of cluster munitions and any attempt to justify their production, use and deployment as a military deterrent?
- 2.Will it block the proposal for a decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU in the EU-Israel Association Council on the extension of the EU-Israel Action Plan for a further two years?
Supporters[1]
Submitted: 15.4.2025
- [1] This question is supported by Members other than the authors: Dario Nardella (S&D), Brando Benifei (S&D), Alessandro Zan (S&D)