POLITICAL DECLARATION FOLLOWING THE INVASION OF THE ROJAVA REGION IN NORTH SYRIA BY 60 MEPS:

After hearing about the Turkish military attack this day against the Syrian Democratic Forces in Rojava, the undersigned MEPs:
– firmly condemn this assault and the Turkish leaders that commanded it, particularly Recep Erdogan;
– recall that the European Union collaborated with the SDF against Daesh, and that we are part of the same military coalition against it;
– denounce the diplomatic attitude of the US Trump administration, that abandons their allies and favours the attack by the Turkish army;
– ask the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council to quickly and firmly condemn Recep Erdogan’s attack;
– ask the European Union to impose heavy economic and diplomatic sanctions against Turkey;
– ask the EU to take all necessary actions to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Rojava;
– ask that everything be done to stop the attack of the Turkish army.

Οι ευρωβουλευτές που υπογράφουν:

François ALFONSI (Verts/ALE), Andris AMERIKS (S&D), Attila ARA-KOVÀCS (S&D), Maria ARENA (S&D), Margrethe AUKEN (Verts/ALE), Pernando BARRENA (GUE/NGL), Pietro BARTOLO (S&D), Marek BELKA (S&D), Brando BENIFEI (S&D), Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D), Benoît BITEAU (Verts/ALE), Simona BONAFÉ (S&D), Ionut BORDEIANU (S&D), Milan BRGLEZ (S&D), Delara BURKHARDT (S&D), Carlo CALENDA (S&D), Damien CARÊME (Verts/ALE), Isabel CARVALHAIS (S&D), Leila CHAIBI (GUE/NGL), David CORMAND (Verts/ALE), Andrea COZZOLINO (S&D), Petra DE SUTTER (Verts/ALE), Jill EVANS (Verts/ALE), Tanja FAJON (S&D), Giuseppe FERRANDINO (S&D), Elisabetta GUALMINI (S&D), Alexandra GEESE (Verts/ALE), Hannes HEIDE (S&D), Yannick JADOT (Verts/ALE), Łukasz KOHUT (S&D), Alice KUHNKE (Verts/ALE), Pierfrancesco MAJORINO (S&D), Margarida MARQUES (S&D), Costas MAVRIDES (S&D), Alessandra MORETTI (S&D), Leszek MILLER (S&D), NIINISTÖ Ville (Verts/ALE), Juozas OLEKAS (S&D), Pina PICIERNO (S&D), Giuliano PISAPIA (S&D),Evelyn REGNER (S&D), Diana RIBA I GINER (Verts/ALE), Michèle RIVASI (Verts/ALE), Franco ROBERTI (S&D), Caroline ROOSE (Verts/ALE), Isabel SANTOS (S&D), Mounir SATOURI (Verts/ALE), Andreas SCHIEDER (S&D), Günther SIDL (S&D), Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D), Tineke STRIK (Verts/ALE), Patrizia TOIA (S&D), Marie TOUSSAINT (Verts/ALE), Nils UŠAKOVS (S&D), Nikolaj VILLUMSEN (GUE/NGL), Bettina VOLLATH (S&D), Julie WARD (S&D), Salima YENBOU (Verts/ALE), Elena YONCHEVA (S&D), Tatjana ZDANOKA (Verts/ALE)