Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001457/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Billy Kelleher (Renew), Barry Andrews (Renew), Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Renew), Barry Cowen (Renew), Maria Walsh (PPE), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (S&D)
Three EU nationals – two Irish and one Polish – have been ordered to leave Germany over their participation in pro-Palestinian protests.
The authorities have claimed that the three individuals involved constitute a threat to public safety and should therefore leave Germany as soon as possible.
They have been told to leave Germany by 21 April 2025 or face deportation. All three participated in a pro-Palestinian protest at Berlin’s Free University in October 2024.
None of these three EU nationals has been convicted of any crime and any charges against them are demonstration-related and of ‘no serious character’.
Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are both guaranteed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Can the Commission therefore answer the following:
- 1.Does it believe that the actions of the Berlin authorities violate Articles 6 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 45 of the TFEU?
- 2.What actions will the Commission undertake to ensure that all EU citizens have their rights protected?
Submitted: 9.4.2025