What does the European Parliament do against Russian mercenaries
The European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the Wagner group, made up of Russian mercenaries
On Thursday 25 November with a very high percentage of votes, namely 585, the European Parliament put in place a resolution condemning the Russian mercenary group Wagner for violating human rights.
Beyond the explicit condemnation of the Wagner group, of extreme interest is the very harsh criticism of the Russian state which, according to the European Parliament, appears to be responsible for the financing, training as well as the operational command of this mercenary group.
Furthermore, the document of the European Parliament underlined how the Russian influence in these conflict zones is favored by the presence of this mercenary group.
Denying any link between this group and the Russian state – implicitly argues the document – is completely groundless since these groups should be considered as real organizations acting by proxy on the part of the Russian state.
Furthermore, the document of the European Parliament has identified with extreme clarity in which contexts the Wagner group acts, namely: Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, Mozambique, Libya, Central African Republic and Venezuela. Specifically, the European Parliament calls for sanctions to be imposed on the Wagner company. Precisely for this reason, the EU High Representative Josep Borrell explicitly invited the countries in which the Wagner group is present, and in particular the Central African Republic, to cut all ties with this company.
It is difficult not to see how behind this document there is certainly the pressure of France on the one hand, but also that of the United States which fear – rightly – of being undermined by their political and economic influence but as there is also a grip on the other side. firm position on the part of the European Union towards the hybrid war waged by Russia, through its Belarusian ally, made on the skin of migrants.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/parlamento-europeo-russia-gruppo-wagner/ on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:55:09 +0000.