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2020/2881(RSP) Resolution on the situation in Ethiopia

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 144

Events

2020/11/26
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2020/11/26
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 643 votes to 5, with 46 abstentions, a resolution on the situation in Ethiopia.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR and GUE/NGL groups.

The EU’s development cooperation with Ethiopia is one of the largest in the world amounting to EUR 815 million for the 2014-2020 period. In 2020, the EU is providing EUR 44.29 million to humanitarian projects in Ethiopia by supporting the provision of live-saving assistance to internally displaced people uprooted by violence or natural hazards.

The current armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the regional administration of Tigray, led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has caused hundreds of civilian deaths and the mass displacement of people. Even before the fighting began there were 15.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia, 2 million of them in Tigray region.

On 4 November 2020, the Ethiopian Government declared a state of emergency and launched military operations in the northern Tigray region the day after a reported attack by the TPLF against the federal government military base in the Tigray region.

Parliament deplored the current armed conflict between the federal government of Ethiopia and the regional administration of Tigray led by the TPLF and expressed concern about the ongoing violence and allegations of serious breaches of fundamental human rights.

It called on both parties to commit to an immediate ceasefire and to solve political divergences by democratic means within the framework of the country’s constitution to find a lasting peaceful solution, establish a ceasefire monitoring mechanism, and work towards building national consensus through an inclusive dialogue.

Parliament called on Ethiopia’s government to:

take immediate action to deescalate the ongoing conflict; give humanitarian organisations immediate and unrestricted access to the areas where there is conflict in order to ensure humanitarian aid; implement reforms that protect human rights and guarantee equal access to government services and resources for all ethnic groups; restore all forms of communication to Tigray as an act of accountability and transparency for its military operations in the region and to allow free communication among the people of Tigray; fully respect the freedoms of expression, association and of the press, as provided for in the Ethiopian Constitution, and to release unjustly detained journalists and bloggers; actively combat impunity.

Parliament also welcomed Ethiopian’s commitment to holding general elections in 2021 and called for the EU to continue to use all necessary diplomatic means to engage with the federal and regional authorities, as well as with regional partners and multilateral institutions, in order to resolve the conflict in a peaceful manner.

Documents
T9-0330/2020
2020/11/26
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0382/2020
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0383/2020
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0384/2020
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0385/2020
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0386/2020
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0387/2020
2020/11/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0388/2020
2020/11/25
   Joint motion for resolution
Documents
RC-B9-0383/2020

Documents

Activities

Votes

RC-B9-0383/2020 - Résolution #

2020/11/26 Outcome: +: 643, 0: 46, -: 5
DE IT ES FR PL RO NL BE HU SE PT CZ EL BG AT IE DK FI SK LT HR LV SI CY LU EE MT
Total
95
75
59
78
51
32
29
21
21
20
20
21
21
16
18
13
13
14
14
11
12
8
8
6
6
7
5
icon: PPE PPE
184

Germany PPE

29

Italy PPE

8

Spain PPE

13

France PPE

8

Poland PPE

16

Romania PPE

13

Netherlands PPE

6

Belgium PPE

4

Hungary PPE

13

Sweden PPE

6

Portugal PPE

7

Czechia PPE

5

Greece PPE

8

Bulgaria PPE

6

Austria PPE

7

Ireland PPE

5

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Finland PPE

3

Slovakia PPE

5

Lithuania PPE

4

Croatia PPE

4

Latvia PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

4

Cyprus PPE

2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Riho TERRAS
1

Malta PPE

2
icon: S&D S&D
141

Germany S&D

16

Italy S&D

17

Spain S&D

21

France S&D

6

Poland S&D

7

Romania S&D

10

Netherlands S&D

6

Belgium S&D

3

Hungary S&D

5

Sweden S&D

5

Portugal S&D

8

Greece S&D

2

Bulgaria S&D

5

Austria S&D

5

Denmark S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

3

Lithuania S&D

2

Croatia S&D

4

Latvia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Marc ANGEL
1

Estonia S&D

2

Malta S&D

3
icon: Renew Renew
95

Germany Renew

7

Italy Renew

For (1)

Nicola DANTI
1

Spain Renew

9

France Renew

22

Romania Renew

8

Netherlands Renew

7

Belgium Renew

4

Hungary Renew

2

Sweden Renew

2

Czechia Renew

6

Bulgaria Renew

3

Ireland Renew

2

Denmark Renew

6

Finland Renew

3

Slovakia Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

Valter FLEGO
1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

Ivars IJABS
1

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
69

Germany Verts/ALE

25

Spain Verts/ALE

3

France Verts/ALE

13

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Sylwia SPUREK
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Tilly METZ
1
icon: ECR ECR
62

Germany ECR

For (1)

Helmut GEUKING
1

Italy ECR

6

Spain ECR

4

Poland ECR

27

Romania ECR

1

Netherlands ECR

4

Belgium ECR

3

Sweden ECR

3

Czechia ECR

4

Greece ECR

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Latvia ECR

2
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
39

Germany GUE/NGL

5

Spain GUE/NGL

6

France GUE/NGL

6

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Belgium GUE/NGL

For (1)

Marc BOTENGA
1

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Portugal GUE/NGL

4

Czechia GUE/NGL

1

Greece GUE/NGL

6

Ireland GUE/NGL

4

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Silvia MODIG
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2
icon: ID ID
74

Germany ID

10

Italy ID

28

France ID

23

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

Marcel de GRAAFF
1

Belgium ID

3

Czechia ID

For (1)

Ivan DAVID

Against (1)

Hynek BLAŠKO
2

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

For (1)

Peter KOFOD
1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

Jaak MADISON
1
icon: NI NI
30

Germany NI

2

Italy NI

15

Spain NI

3

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

Dorien ROOKMAKER
1

Hungary NI

1

Greece NI

Against (1)

Ioannis LAGOS
4

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

Miroslav RADAČOVSKÝ

Abstain (1)

Milan UHRÍK
2

Croatia NI

Abstain (1)

Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
2

History

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2023-08-03Show (2) Changes | Timetravel
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events/1/summary
  • The European Parliament adopted by 643 votes to 5, with 46 abstentions, a resolution on the situation in Ethiopia.
  • The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR and GUE/NGL groups.
  • The EU’s development cooperation with Ethiopia is one of the largest in the world amounting to EUR 815 million for the 2014-2020 period. In 2020, the EU is providing EUR 44.29 million to humanitarian projects in Ethiopia by supporting the provision of live-saving assistance to internally displaced people uprooted by violence or natural hazards.
  • The current armed conflict between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the regional administration of Tigray, led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has caused hundreds of civilian deaths and the mass displacement of people. Even before the fighting began there were 15.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia, 2 million of them in Tigray region.
  • On 4 November 2020, the Ethiopian Government declared a state of emergency and launched military operations in the northern Tigray region the day after a reported attack by the TPLF against the federal government military base in the Tigray region.
  • Parliament deplored the current armed conflict between the federal government of Ethiopia and the regional administration of Tigray led by the TPLF and expressed concern about the ongoing violence and allegations of serious breaches of fundamental human rights.
  • It called on both parties to commit to an immediate ceasefire and to solve political divergences by democratic means within the framework of the country’s constitution to find a lasting peaceful solution, establish a ceasefire monitoring mechanism, and work towards building national consensus through an inclusive dialogue.
  • Parliament called on Ethiopia’s government to:
  • take immediate action to deescalate the ongoing conflict; give humanitarian organisations immediate and unrestricted access to the areas where there is conflict in order to ensure humanitarian aid; implement reforms that protect human rights and guarantee equal access to government services and resources for all ethnic groups; restore all forms of communication to Tigray as an act of accountability and transparency for its military operations in the region and to allow free communication among the people of Tigray; fully respect the freedoms of expression, association and of the press, as provided for in the Ethiopian Constitution, and to release unjustly detained journalists and bloggers; actively combat impunity.
  • Parliament also welcomed Ethiopian’s commitment to holding general elections in 2021 and called for the EU to continue to use all necessary diplomatic means to engage with the federal and regional authorities, as well as with regional partners and multilateral institutions, in order to resolve the conflict in a peaceful manner.
2020-12-09Show (5) Changes | Timetravel
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  • date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2020-0383_EN.html title: B9-0383/2020 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2020-0384_EN.html title: B9-0384/2020 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2020-0385_EN.html title: B9-0385/2020 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2020-0386_EN.html title: B9-0386/2020 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2020-0387_EN.html title: B9-0387/2020 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
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