EU political strategy on Latin America

Tabled by Carlo Fidanza, Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Kosma Złotowski, Marco Squarta, Giovanni Crosetto, Nicola Procaccini, Chiara Gemma, Michele Picaro, Alberico Gambino, Lara Magoni, Aurelijus Veryga, Elena Donazzan, Sergio Berlato, Paolo Inselvini, Stefano Cavedagna, Antonella Sberna, Giuseppe Milazzo, Francesco Ventola, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Daniele Polato, Roberts Zīle, Alessandro Ciriani, Pietro Fiocchi, Francesco Torselli, Marion Maréchal, Piotr Müller, Charlie Weimers, Mario Mantovani, Stephen Nikola Bartulica, Nora Junco García, Diego Solier, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier, Cristian Terheş, Reinis Pozņaks, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Tobiasz Bocheński, Beatrice Timgren, Patryk Jaki, Waldemar Buda, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Dominik Tarczyński, Bogdan Rzońca, Maciej Wąsik, Rihards Kols, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Marlena Maląg, Michał Dworczyk, Beata Szydło, Jaak Madison, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Georgiana Teodorescu, Carlo Ciccioli, Silvia Sardone, Adrian-George Axinia, Kris Van Dijck, Johan Van Overtveldt, Ivaylo Valchev, Denis Nesci, Emmanouil Fragkos, Alexandr Vondra, Ondřej Krutílek, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Ruggero Razza, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Jacek Ozdoba

Added: 14b. Condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the assassination of Senator Uribe; underlines that this serious attack also represents an attack on democracy and stresses that Uribe’s assassination is not an isolated tragedy, but part of a wider climate of political intimidation and violence in Colombia; underlines that without directly addressing the role of the Cártel de los Soles and the complicity of Venezuelan state actors in facilitating drug trafficking and providing sanctuary to armed groups, Colombia’s internal security, peacebuilding and democratic efforts will remain severely undermined; welcomes, in this regard, the decision by the United States and several Latin American countries to designate the Cártel de los Soles as a terrorist organisation; calls for the Cártel de los Soles to be added to the EU’s list of terrorist organisations;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE776.249v01-00