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Articles by Marc Botenga
Extensive destruction of EU-funded infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs)
Priority question for written answer P-001334/2026 to the Commission Rule 144 Catarina Vieira (Verts/ALE), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Catarina Martins (The Left), Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Renew), Marc Botenga (The Left) Extensive destruction of EU-funded infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) documented in reports by the Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA), raises serious concerns about protecting EU humanitarian and development...
Critical disparity in NDICI cushion allocations with regard to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza
Question for written answer E-000802/2026 to the Commission Rule 144 Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Kateřina Konečná (NI), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Valentina Palmisano (The Left), Maria Zacharia (NI), Michael von der Schulenburg (NI), Carolina Morace (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Nikos Pappas (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Jan-Peter Warnke (NI), Ruth Firmenich (NI) In a recent Commission document[1], the Commission outlines the mobilisation of the...
Mechanisms and criteria for the oversight of transfer of ownership under article 23(4) of the European Defense Fund Regulation
Question for written answer E-000178/2026 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) The European Defence Fund (EDF) Regulation[1] says that in case of transfer of ownership of results generated by recipients through development actions supported by the fund to a non-associated non-EU country or to a non-associated non-EU country entity, the Commission shall be notified prior to any such transfer.
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the brutal repression against protesters in Iran
B10‑0069/2026 European Parliament resolution on the brutal repression against protesters in Iran (2026/2565(RSP)) The European Parliament, –having regard to the Charter of the United Nations, –having regard to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, –having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, –having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, –having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and...
The EU and respect for international law in the light of its flagrant violation by the United States against Venezuela
Question for written answer E-000075/2026 to the Commission Rule 144 Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Estrella Galán (The Left), Konstantinos Arvanitis (The Left), João Oliveira (The Left), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Martin Günther (The Left), Irene Montero (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left) The United States, under the leadership of US President Donald Trump, has...
Extraterritorial sanctions leading to ‘debanking’ of EU citizens and officials of EU-supported institutions
Question for written answer E-004941/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Nela Riehl (Verts/ALE), Damian Boeselager (Verts/ALE), Anna Strolenberg (Verts/ALE), Kai Tegethoff (Verts/ALE), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Mélissa Camara (Verts/ALE), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Verts/ALE), Reinier Van Lanschot (Verts/ALE), Rudi Kennes (The Left), David Cormand (Verts/ALE), Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE), Catarina Vieira (Verts/ALE), Chloé Ridel (S&D), Hanna Gedin (The Left), Kim Van Sparrentak (Verts/ALE), Krzysztof...
Unsubstantiated claims by the Commission regarding the impact of EU sanctions on public health
Question for written answer E-004944/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) Scientific literature highlights the severe public health consequences of unilateral sanctions on targeted countries. The Commission has repeatedly been asked whether it has any evidence to the contrary[1][2][3].
Follow-up on the question regarding the legal basis for suspension of entities under Horizon Europe
Question for written answer E-004664/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Anthony Smith (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), João Oliveira (The Left) In its reply to our Question E-001178/2025[1], the Commission invokes the following as the legal basis for the suspension on 4 March 2022 of funding to...
International Court of Justice advisory opinion of October 2025 and EU action on implementation
Priority question for written answer P-004321/2025 to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Rule 144 Lynn Boylan (The Left), Brando Benifei (S&D), Kathleen Funchion (The Left), Catarina Vieira (Verts/ALE), Evin Incir (S&D), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Daniel Attard (S&D), Irena Joveva (Renew), Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE), Catarina Martins (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Benedetta Scuderi (Verts/ALE), Hana Jalloul Muro...
Ethical and legal safeguards for the Actus project funded by the European Defence Fund
Question for written answer E-003822/2025/rev.1 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) In its answer to Parliamentary question E-003011/2025[1], the Commission states that European Defence Fund (EDF) rules require the submission of guarantees, approved by the Member State of establishment, which ensure that a non-EU parent company cannot access sensitive information and that project results remain within the EU entity.
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit
B10‑0472/2025 European Parliament resolution on renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit (2025/2933(RSP)) The European Parliament, –having regard to the EU-Africa partnership and the declaration adopted by the heads of state and government of the EU and the African Union (AU) at the 6th EU-AU summit in February 2022, entitled ‘A Joint Vision for 2030’, –having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States,...
Commission claims regarding the negative consequences of EU sanctions on the Iranian people
Question for written answer E-004012/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) During the plenary debate of 8 October 2025 regarding the implementation of sanctions on Iran, the Commission claimed EU sanctions are designed to avoid ‘unintended negative consequences’ for the Iranian population, and even to avoid all ‘negative consequences that would hit the Iranian people’[1].
Follow-up to the question on the impact of EU sanctions on public health, especially in low- and middle-income countries
Question for written answer E-004011/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) In response[1] to our question E-003081/2025[2] on the impact of EU sanctions on public health, the Commission states that: ‘EU sanctions never target the civilian population, nor food, medicine, emergency supplies, or humanitarian aid.’ However, the issue here is not about the intent, but about the outcome.
Parliamentary question | Commission’s exclusion of the European Jews for Palestine collective, a network of 24 Jewish organisations in 14 EU Member States, from the Holocaust Remembrance Conference | E-003893/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-003893/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) In its answer to question for written answer E-002000/2025[1], the Commission states that the information provided by the European Jews for Palestine (EJP) collective in the Transparency Register[2] did not show how its mission would support the objectives of the Holocaust remembrance conference ‘Remembering the past. Shaping the future’.
Follow-up on claims by the Commission regarding the funding of dual-use technologies under Horizon Europe
Question for written answer E-003892/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) In its February 2025 answer[1] to Written Question E-001930/2024[2], the Commission claims that any research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon Europe must have ‘an exclusive focus on civil applications’, as set forth in the Horizon Europe Regulation[3]. However, in July 2025, the Commission proposed partially suspending Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe.
Requests for the transfer of ownership of results by non-EU parent entities under the European Defence Fund
Question for written answer E-003832/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) In its answer to Written Question E-003011/2025[1], the Commission claims that the safeguards applicable to projects funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF) ensure that non-EU parent entities cannot access or exploit the technologies or results developed through EDF-funded actions.
US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism
Question for oral answer O-000033/2025 to the Commission Rule 142 João Oliveira, Danilo Della Valle, Marc Botenga, Dario Tamburrano, Rudi Kennes, Özlem Demirel, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Lynn Boylan, Anthony Smith, Irene Montero, Pernando Barrena Arza, Pasquale Tridico, Estrella Galán, Martin Schirdewan, Leila Chaibi, Giorgos Georgiou on behalf of the The Left Group Cuba is being subjected to an economic, commercial and financial blockade, unilaterally imposed by the United States.
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution | B10-0369/2025 | European Parliament
B10‑0369/2025 European Parliament resolution on Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (2025/2852(RSP)) The European Parliament, –having regard to the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), –having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the...
Challenging the EU’s Deadly Partnership with Israel
Anti-Racism, International Relations • August 29, 2025 • In the nearly two years since Israel’s assault on Gaza began, at least initially in response to the Hamas attack on 7 October, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed. Entire cities lie in ruins, starvation is widespread, and a growing chorus of international legal experts warn of a looming genocide.
Challenging the EU’s deadly partnership with Israel
First published at Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. In the nearly two years since Israel’s assault on Gaza began, at least initially in response to the Hamas attack on 7 October, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed. Entire cities lie in ruins, starvation is widespread, and a growing chorus of international legal experts warn of a looming genocide.
Europe Is Complicit in Israeli Genocide
Interview by Alexandra Gerasimcikova Whole cities in Gaza lie in ruins. Israel has killed at least many tens of thousands of people. Starvation is widespread, and a growing chorus of international legal experts warn of mounting genocide. Yet, the European Union continues its preferential trade and research partnership with Israel through the EU–Israel Association Agreement — a pact which is supposed to be conditional on respect for human rights.
The impact of EU sanctions on public health, especially in low- and middle-income countries
Question for written answer E-003081/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) The Lancet Global Health has just published an article finding that over the last decade EU and US unilateral sanctions led to the death of 564 258 people annually, higher than the annual number of battle-related casualties[1].
Ethical and legal safeguards for projects under Regulation (EU) 2021/697 establishing the European Defence Fund
Question for written answer E-003011/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) An investigation by Investigate Europe and Reporters United has revealed that the European Defence Fund (EDF) is supporting Intracom Defense, a formally Greek company that is in practice controlled by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which holds 94.5% of the business’s shares and 100 % of its voting rights[1].
Access to the technologies and intellectual property rights of third-country participants in projects funded by the European Defence Fund
Question for written answer E-003012/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left) Investigate Europe and Reporters United have revealed that the European Defence Fund is subsidising Intracom Defense, a Greek company. However, according to Intracom’s financial reports, since 2023 it has actually been controlled by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), an Israeli state-owned company, which holds 94.5 % of its shares and 100 % of its voting rights[1].
Compliance of EDF funding of Intracom Defense with Regulation (EU) 2021/697
Question for written answer E-002865/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE), Cristina Guarda (Verts/ALE), Gaetano Pedulla' (The Left), Maria Zacharia (NI), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Branislav Ondruš (NI), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Elisabeth Grossmann (S&D), Rima Hassan (The Left), Michael von der Schulenburg (NI), Irene Montero (The Left), Catarina Martins (The...
Leaked internal note regarding Israeli war crimes and violations of human rights
Question for written answer E-002628/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Vladimir Prebilič (Verts/ALE), Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Estelle Ceulemans (S&D), Jussi Saramo (The Left), Majdouline Sbai (Verts/ALE), Manon Aubry (The Left), Chloé Ridel (S&D), Anthony Smith (The Left), Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE), Hanna Gedin (The Left), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The...
A police officer’s infiltration of the political movement Potere al Popolo: a potential violation of democratic principles and fundamental freedoms
Question for written answer E-002470/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Ilaria Salis (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Estrella Galán (The Left), Catarina Martins (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Carolina Morace (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Martin Schirdewan (The Left), Gaetano Pedulla' (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Jussi Saramo (The Left), Mario Furore (The...
Rwanda’s Raiders
The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the Central African country’s border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in the last twenty-nine years. Some estimate that almost half of them are children. From village after village, the stories coming out of the region are horrifying. […] Sorry, but this article is available to subscribers only. Please log in or become a subscriber. Password Login Email Code Google Account Institutional Access
Access for humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip
Question for written answer E-002193/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Estelle Ceulemans (S&D), Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE), Elio Di Rupo (S&D), Chloé Ridel (S&D), Maria Ohisalo (Verts/ALE), Nora Mebarek (S&D), Murielle Laurent (S&D), Marc Botenga (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Wouter Beke (PPE), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Carola Rackete (The Left), Thomas Bajada (S&D), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), André Rodrigues (S&D), Liesbet Sommen (PPE),...
Urgent activation of the EU Blocking Statute, as requested by Parliament in its 2024 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world
Question for written answer E-002163/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Rima Hassan (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE), Carola Rackete (The Left), Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew), Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Irene Montero (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Thijs Reuten (S&D), Arash Saeidi (The Left), Damien Carême (The Left), Marina Mesure (The Left), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Hanna Gedin (The Left), Li...
Gaza: offer of EU assistance in sidelining UN humanitarian agencies and consultation with Palestinian counterparts
Question for written answer E-002153/2025 to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE), Rima Hassan (The Left), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Verts/ALE), Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (S&D), Michael McNamara (Renew), Maria Walsh (PPE), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Carola Rackete (The Left), João Oliveira (The...
Health cooperation with Cuba
Question for written answer E-001764/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Jaume Asens Llodrà (Verts/ALE), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Vladimir Prebilič (Verts/ALE), Rima Hassan (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Carolina Morace (The Left), João Oliveira (The Left) 1.Does the Commission plan to urge the European Medicines Agency...
Suspension of EU military cooperation with Rwanda over findings of Rwandan support for the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Question for written answer E-001146/2025 to the Council Rule 144 Rima Hassan (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Majdouline Sbai (Verts/ALE), Carola Rackete (The Left), Marina Mesure (The Left), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Ilaria Salis (The Left), Per Clausen (The Left), Damien Carême (The Left), Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Nikos Papandreou (S&D), Anthony Smith (The Left), Isabel Serra Sánchez (The Left), Jaume...
Legal basis for suspension under Horizon Europe
Question for written answer E-001178/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Anthony Smith (The Left), João Oliveira (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Per Clausen (The Left), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Irene Montero (The Left), Estrella Galán (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Nikos Pappas (The Left), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Konstantinos Arvanitis (The...
Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo
Marc Botenga | Jacobin - TRANSCEND Media Service 11 Mar 2025 – European countries are stepping up military aid and economic investment in Rwanda, said to be an ally in keeping order in the region. The reality: Rwanda’s authoritarian government is massively destabilizing eastern Congo by backing rebel forces.
Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo
The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in the last twenty-seven years, according to official figures. Some estimate that almost half of them are children. Village after village, the stories coming out of the region are horrifying. And Europe has a direct and deadly role in this war. Today the talk is mainly of the so-called rebel group M-23, which is destabilizing the region.
Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo
European countries are stepping up military aid and economic investment in Rwanda, said to be an ally in keeping order in the region. The reality: Rwanda’s authoritarian government is massively destabilizing eastern Congo by backing rebel forces. The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in the last twenty-seven years, according to official figures. Some estimate that almost half of them are children.
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the white paper on the future of European defence
B10‑0144/2025 European Parliament resolution on the white paper on the future of European defence (2025/2565(RSP)) The European Parliament, –having regard to the common security and defence policy (CSDP) and the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) of the EU, –having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 42 thereof, –having regard to Title III, Article 3 of the Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon, –having regard to the...
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
B10‑0102/2025 European Parliament resolution on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025/2553(RSP)) The European Parliament, –having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to other UN human rights treaties and instruments, –having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, –having regard to the UN Charter, the Hague conventions and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, –having regard to the...
EU-Israel Association Council meeting 2025
Priority question for written answer P-000539/2025 to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Ilaria Salis (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Irene Montero (The Left) The EU plans to hold an Association Council...
Safeguarding the automotive industry in Europe
Question for written answer E-002243/2024 to the Commission Rule 144 Rudi Kennes (The Left), Thomas Geisel (NI), Fabio De Masi (NI), Marc Botenga (The Left) The German car manufacturer Audi has announced that its state-of-the-art plant in Forest, Brussels will not be allocated new vehicle production in the coming years, which could potentially lead to the plant’s closure. Audi Brussels is recognised as a pioneering facility in zero-carbon production.
Situation of Can Atalay, imprisoned MP in Türkiye
Question for written answer E-002154/2024 to the Commission Rule 144 Leila Chaibi (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Marc Botenga (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Damien Carême (The Left), Per Clausen (The Left), Sebastian Everding (The Left), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Kathleen Funchion (The Left), Hanna Gedin (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Arash Saeidi (The Left), Ilaria Salis (The Left), Jussi Saramo (The Left), Martin Schirdewan (The Left), Isabel Serra...
Conditional loans to the Palestinian Authority
Question for written answer E-002117/2024 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Verts/ALE), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE), Irena Joveva (Renew), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Verts/ALE), Cecilia Strada (S&D), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Konstantinos Arvanitis (The Left), Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Catarina Martins (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left),...
RECOMENDACIÓN sobre el proyecto de Decisión del Consejo relativa a la retirada de la Unión del Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía
PROYECTO DE RESOLUCIÓN LEGISLATIVA DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO sobre el proyecto de Decisión del Consejo relativa a la retirada de la Unión del Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía (06509/2024 – C9‑0059/2024 – 2023/0273(NLE)) (Aprobación) El Parlamento Europeo, –Visto el proyecto de Decisión del Consejo (06509/2024), –Visto el Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía, firmado en Lisboa el 17 de diciembre de 1994, y en particular su artículo 47, –Vista la solicitud de aprobación presentada por el...
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the withdrawal of the Union from the Energy Charter Treaty
DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION on the draft Council decision on the withdrawal of the Union from the Energy Charter Treaty (06509/2024 – C9‑0059/2024 – 2023/0273(NLE)) (Consent) The European Parliament, –having regard to the draft Council decision (06509/2024), –having regard to the Energy Charter Treaty, signed in Lisbon on 17 December 1994, and in particular Article 47 thereof, –having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles...
Europe’s Leaders Are Addicted to Austerity
After a four-year break, European governments and institutions — including the continent’s Social Democrats — have decided to bring back austerity, mandating budget cuts of up to €100 billion next year. It’s another attack on the working class, which would be faced with job cuts, lower salaries, worse working conditions, and a further underfunding of public services. And we’ve been here before.
"En el ámbito europeo, necesitamos una lucha europea"
El Partido de los Trabajadores de Bélgica (PTB/PDVA) es una de las historias de éxito menos conocidas de la Izquierda Europea. Aunque sus líderes pueden no ser tan famosos como Pablo Iglesias, Alexis Tsipras o Jeremy Corbyn, el ascenso constante del PTB a un partido de masas con influencia nacional en tan solo 15 años es, sin duda, una de las trayectorias más notables de cualquier partido de izquierda en el continente.
Statements by the EU Special Representative for the Sahel on the humanitarian impact of the sanctions against Niger
Question for written answer E-002754/2023 to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Rule 138 Marc Botenga (The Left) In the wake of the coup d’état in Niger on 26 July 2023, the European Union immediately ended its financial support to Niger and suspended all security cooperation with it. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adopted sanctions against Niger.
Building the Left In and Outside of Parliament
Social Movements • September 19, 2023 • and Marc Botenga (PTB, Belgium), Member of the European Parliament (MEP), speaks about workers’ alliances across Europe and why we need more of them, the EU bureaucracy and political culture he witnessed, some fights at the European Parliament with the Commission, PTB’s rise in Belgium and party building. An interview conducted by Loren Balhorn for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
Commission taking action to find those responsible for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, following international debate on the matter
Question for written answer E-002479/2023 to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Rule 138 Marc Botenga (The Left) In his answer to written question E-001958/2023[1] that I submitted on the responsibility for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, and in particular the accusations against the Ukrainian Government allegedly made or relayed by the US and Dutch intelligence services, the VP/HR states that he had...
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