4 Amendments of Mario BORGHEZIO related to 2016/2239(INI)
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the Armenian Genocide, in other words the deportation and extermination of Armenians, for the most part a Christian population, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1916, claimed a death toll of millions; points out that in addition to the EU, 29 countries in the world have officially recognised the above events as genocide (Argentina; Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; Cyprus; the Czech Republic; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Lithuania; Lebanon; Luxembourg; the Netherlands; Paraguay; Poland; Russia; Syria; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Uruguay; the Vatican; and Venezuela) and that, furthermore, the US Congress adopted a resolution in March 2010 calling upon President Obama to recognise this tragedy;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that on 12 April 2015, at a centenary mass at St Peter’s basilica, Pope Francis spoke explicitly of genocide in connection with the events, citing a declaration by Pope John Paul II and the Armenian patriarch dating back to 2001, and pointed out that the Armenian Genocide was generally ‘considered the first ... of the 20th century’; notes that the Pope has spoken out against genocide in another way, describing it as one of the many forms of persecution inflicted on Christians;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Notes that the Turkish Government remains opposed to formal recognition of the Armenian Genocide and is continuing to question whether genocide ever occurred; also notes that according to the practice of the Turkish courts, the act of mentioning the Armenian Genocide in public, which is considered tantamount to ‘insulting Turkishness’, is punishable by arrest and up to three years’ imprisonment; calls on the Commission and its Vice- President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take steps without delay to make Turkey recognise the genocide and, for as long as that has not happened, to refrain from proposing the opening of any chapters concerning Turkish accession to the EU;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Draws attention to what the Dalai Lama calls the cultural genocide of the Tibetan people, who to this day are still being oppressed by the violations of their human rights, right to life, and right to self-determination being perpetrated by the Chinese Government, which for years has been wiping out every rite, custom, and symbol belonging to Tibetan culture and destroying monasteries, thereby reinforcing the ban on professing religious faith;