The following table describes the status, the proposer and other metadata of this motion.
| Party: | SMS Zeleni Evrope |
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R2: A unified EU response in the event of military aggression against a sovereign state
Draft text
The European Union is based on peace and respect for life, and one of the EU's
goals in the rest of the world is to contribute to peace and security and the
sustainable development of the Earth. The European Greens also strive for this
as we believe that conflicts between countries cannot be resolved by war but
only through diplomatic channels, which are longer lasting and do not leave
behind bloody traces, hatred, and destruction.
This is why we are in favour of introducing a European protocol to be launched
in the event of an attack on a sovereign state. Such a protocol includes
political and economic sanctions against the attacking country and political,
humanitarian, economic, and military assistance to the country under attack.
With the clear protocol and determination and unity, we have shown –
unfortunately for only the first time – in the event of the Russian attack on
Ukraine, that it is highly likely that we will be able to prevent many wars in
advance. In the event of war, such a protocol will be triggered regardless of
the majority religion and the country under attack or the inhabitants’ skin
colour in either the attacked or the attacking country.
Background
In the face of Russia's military attack on Ukraine, Europe has responded with unity and determination. We have received such a response with mixed feelings, not because of Europe’s united response to the military attack but because we have not responded as decisively in all other wars to date.
Namely, since war is not the way to resolve disputes between countries, Europe must strictly reject any military intervention by any country on another sovereign state, regardless of the excuse or cause. History teaches us that the causes justifying military interventions are usually fabricated and the actual reasons are quite different, and mainly economic.
We all still remember well the testimony of Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ, the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US, who, with the help of an American PR company, lied about Iraqi soldiers taking premature babies from incubators in front of her and letting them die. Based on her false testimony, the USA received media and public support for the first attack on the sovereign state of Iraq. The second time it invaded Iraq, however, the reason was the existence of weapons of mass destruction, which also turned out to be a lie. Of course, all clear-headed people knew there was only one reason for the invasion – oil.
Unlike the war in Ukraine, however, Europe did not impose any sanctions on the USA, nor did it support Iraq with weapons.
Even in the event of Saudi Arabia's aggression against the sovereign state of Yemen, Europe has not responded – and we could go on and on.
It was only when Russia attacked Ukraine that Europe took political and economic measures against the attacker and humanitarian, political, economic, and military support for the country being attacked. We believe there must be such a united EU response in all future military attacks on any sovereign state, so we propose the above resolution so that any country intending to attack another sovereign state militarily will know in advance how the EU will react. In this way, we should be able to pre-empt many future conflicts.
Amendments
- AM-10-1 (Partido Ecologista Os Verdes)