EU muss sich gegen die Repressionen der spanischen Regierung aussprechen

In einem gemeinsamen Brief an den spanischen Ministerpräsidenten haben Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments ihren Unmut gegenüber dem Vorgehen der spanischen Regierung gegen die katalanische Gesellschaft geäußert.

Unterschrieben wurde der Brief von 56 Mitgliedern des Europäischen Parlaments – aus 19 verschiedenen Ländern und sechs politischen Fraktionen, darunter auch Helmut Scholz – um ihre große Besorgnis über die repressiven Maßnahmen seitens der spanischen Autoritäten (hauptsächlich spanische Polizei) gegen die Mitglieder des spanischen Parlaments, BürgermeisterInnen, Medien, Unternehmen und BürgerInnen während der letzten Tage zum Ausdruck zu bringen.

Dieses Vorgehen sei nicht nur eine Verletzung der Grundrechte, sondern auch der falsche Ansatz mit einer politischen Frage umzugehen.

Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey,
President of the Government of Spain
As elected Members of the European Parliament, we would like to express our deep concern regarding the situation in Catalonia, which has reached a critical point.
The repressive actions and threats carried out by the Spanish authorities, mainly the Spanish police, against civil servants, MPS, mayors, media, companies and citizens during these last few days are not only a violation of basic fundamental rights but a wrong approach to handle a political question.
We are aware that 14 high-ranking government officials have been arrested by the Guardia Civil, and 5 Ministries of the Catalan Government have been raided, de facto Catalonia lives under an
undeclared état de siege that goes against the EU Treaties and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
These actions are unacceptable and we demand you to backtrack immediately.
The separation of powers is the cornerstone of any democratic society and the use of judiciary and legal action to deal with a matter of a political nature is a mistake and an abuse and misuse of power.
Politicians, not judges or police forces, should primarily deal with political disagreements in any European democratic country.
The debates in the Catalan Parliament to call a referendum on independence that has a wide support from the Catalan population cannot lead to a court case being brought by the Spanish government against its President and bureau. Thus, these breaches of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are not acceptable in the European Union democratic standards, so it is our duty, as Members of the European Parliament, representing European citizens, to condemn these disproportionate reactions from the Spanish authorities to the political legitimate claim of Catalan society for a self-determination referendum. We call the Spanish government to stop its repressive actions immediately, stop violating civil rights and play a constructive role and engage, immediately, in a political dialogue with the Catalan authorities.

 

Yours sincerely,
Jordi Solé (Greens/EFA)
Josep-Maria Terricabras (Greens/EFA)
Ramon Tremosa (ALDE)
Monika Vana (Greens/ALE)
Mark Demesmaeker (ECR)
Sander Loones (ECR)
Helga Stevens (ECR)
Bart Staes (Greens/ALE)
Ernest Urtasun (Greens/ALE)
Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL)
Barbara Lochbihler (Greens/ALE)
Fabio de Masi (GUE/NGL)
Maria Heubuch (Greens/ALE)
Rina Ronja Kari (GUE/NGL)
Margrete Auken (Greens/ALE)
Indrek Tarand (Greens/ALE)
Izaskun Bilbao (ALDE)
Lídia Senra Rodríguez (GUE/NGL)
Tania González Peñas (GUE/NGL)
Miguel Urban Crespo (GUE/NGL)
Estefanía Torres Martínez (GUE/NGL)
Xabier Benito Ziluaga (GUE/NGL)
María Dolores Sánchez Caldentey (GUE/NGL)
Josu Juaristi (GUE/NGL)
Merja Kyllönen (GUE/NGL)
Jussi Halla-Aho (ECR)
José Bové (Greens/ALE)
Pascal Durand (Greens/ALE)
Hans-Olaf Henkel (ECR)
Benedek Jávor (Greens/ALE)
Matt Carthy (GUE/NGL)
Martina Anderson (GUE/NGL)
Liadh Ni Riada (GUE/NGL)
Lynn Boylan (GUE/NGL)
Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL)
David Borrelli (EFDD)
Petras Austrevicius (ALDE)
Tatjana Zdanoka (Greens/ALE)
Ana Gomes (S&D)
Renate Weber (ALDE)
Bodil Valero (Greens/ALE)
Ivo Vajgl (ALDE)
Igor Soltes (Greens/ALE)
Jill Evans (Greens/ALE)
Molly Scott (Greens/ALE)
Jean Lambert (Greens/ALE)
Ulrike Müller (ALDE)
Anneleen van Bossuyt (ECR)
Marie-Pierre Vieu (GUE/NGL)
Julia Reda (Greens/ALE)
Morten Messerschmidt (ECR)
Klaus Buchner (Greens/ALE)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL)
Keith Taylor (Greens/ALE)
Heidi Hautala (Greens/ALE)
Max Andersson (Greens/ALE)