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The European Parliament adopted by 609 votes to 21, with 64 abstentions, a resolution on the ‘Foreign Agents’ Law in Nicaragua.
The text adopted in plenary was tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.
On 22 September 2020, President Daniel Ortega’s government, presented a proposal for a Law for Regulation of Foreign Agents, modelled on Russia’s 2012 law on foreign agents, which, if adopted, shall oblige every person, organisation or institution, including media outlets and non-governmental organisations that receive funds from abroad, to be registered with the Ministry of the Interior (Migob) and to submit to financial monitoring by the Financial Analysis Unit (UAF).
Any person or entity registered with the Ministry of the Interior as a ‘foreign agent’ shall be subject to close surveillance and shall ‘refrain from intervening in domestic political affairs or matters’, thereby restricting their civil and political rights, and allowing them to be persecuted, harassed and criminally prosecuted.
The Law for Regulation of Foreign Agents, if approved, would be used as an instrument of repression against people and human rights organisations that receive resources from international cooperation in Nicaragua.
It may directly impact EU cooperation in the country and individuals linked to European interests.
Members condemned the attempts to adopt the unconstitutional ‘Law for Regulation of Foreign Agents’, the ‘Special Law of Cyber Crime’ and the ‘Law Against Hate Crimes’, and called on the national assembly to reject these laws, as well as any other law that would limit the fundamental freedoms of the Nicaraguan people.
Parliament expressed its solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and condemned all the repressive actions of the Nicaraguan Government, in particular the deaths caused. It also expressed its dire concern over recent reports by Nicaraguan organisations that the authorities have ordered the national police to commit human rights violations and that they are being assisted in this repression by pro-government civilian groups and the ruling party’s territorial organisations, some of which are armed and organised as paramilitary groups.
Parliament requested that the Council quickly enlarge the list of individuals and entities to be sanctioned, including the President and Vice-President, taking special care not to harm the Nicaraguan people. It reiterated its urgent request for a global EU human rights mechanism and called on the Council to adopt this mechanism through a decision relating to the Union’s strategic interests and objectives under the Treaty on European Union.
It also called for a European Parliament delegation to be sent to Nicaragua as soon as possible in order to resume monitoring the situation in the country and urged the authorities to allow it unhindered entry and access to all interlocutors and facilities.
Documents
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0317/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0318/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0319/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0320/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0321/2020
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0317/2020
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0259/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0317/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0318/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0319/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0320/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0321/2020
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0317/2020
Activities
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
- Ryszard CZARNECKI
- Tilly METZ
- José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZ
- Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL
- Hermann TERTSCH
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA
- Klára DOBREV
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2020/10/08 The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
- 2020/10/08 The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
- 2020/10/08 The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
- Alicia HOMS GINEL
- Adam BIELAN
Institutional Motions (2)
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
Institutional Motions (2)
- Raffaele FITTO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Anna FOTYGA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Michael GAHLER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Jens GIESEKE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Krzysztof HETMAN
Institutional Motions (2)
- Sandra KALNIETE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Karol KARSKI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Ilhan KYUCHYUK
Institutional Motions (2)
- David McALLISTER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Gabriel MATO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Eva MAYDELL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Luděk NIEDERMAYER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Urmas PAET
Institutional Motions (2)
- Kati PIRI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Jiří POSPÍŠIL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Frédérique RIES
Institutional Motions (2)
- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
Institutional Motions (2)
- Romana TOMC
Institutional Motions (2)
- Inese VAIDERE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Hilde VAUTMANS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Željana ZOVKO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Peter POLLÁK
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- Vladimír BILČÍK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Olivier CHASTEL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Katalin CSEH
Institutional Motions (2)
- Klemen GROŠELJ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Assita KANKO
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- Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS
Institutional Motions (2)
- David LEGA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Ramona STRUGARIU
Institutional Motions (2)
- Loránt VINCZE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Loucas FOURLAS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Karin KARLSBRO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Moritz KÖRNER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Malik AZMANI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Vangelis MEIMARAKIS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Janina OCHOJSKA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Maria WALSH
Institutional Motions (2)
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dominique BILDE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Javi LÓPEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
- Javier NART
Institutional Motions (1)
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Bronis ROPĖ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jordi SOLÉ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jan ZAHRADIL
Institutional Motions (1)
- Anna CAVAZZINI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Irena JOVEVA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Hannah NEUMANN
Institutional Motions (1)
- Diana RIBA I GINER
Institutional Motions (1)
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Francisco GUERREIRO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Joanna KOPCIŃSKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Bogdan RZOŃCA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Elżbieta RAFALSKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Andrey SLABAKOV
Institutional Motions (1)
- Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
- Elżbieta KRUK
Institutional Motions (1)
- Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA
Institutional Motions (1)
Votes
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RC-B9-0317/2020 - Am 2 #
RC-B9-0317/2020 - Am 3 #
RC-B9-0317/2020 - Am 4 #
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