Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001287/2025/rev.1
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Jorge Martín Frías (PfE)
We have recently learned that the current Government of Honduras, led by Xiomara Castro, has stepped up its campaign of persecution against the Honduran opposition and a number of institutions, including the National Electoral Council (CNE), whose President, Cossette López, was threatened by the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces of Honduras.
The European Union has been an important partner in terms of sending aid to Honduras. Under the multiannual indicative programme for Honduras, the EU earmarked EUR 128 million for the years 2021-2024 alone.
- 1.Given that the political persecution in Honduras is getting worse, what oversight and accountability mechanisms is the EU using to ensure that European taxpayers’ money is not propping up a regime that restricts political freedoms and undermines the independence of institutions?
- 2.Does the Commission believe that the Honduran Government’s persecution of the opposition and interference in the CNE could be laying the foundations for electoral fraud in the upcoming presidential election on 30 November 2025?
Submitted: 27.3.2025