30 MEPs from 3 political groups (GUE/NGL, Greens & S&D) signed a letter addressed to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Michalis Chrysochoidis and the head of the Greek Police, on the increasingly common incidents of police violence and brutality in Greece.
This letter comes on the tail of a written question, jointly addressed to the European Commission, by K. Arvanitis and St. Kouloglou, on the same matter.
The letter reads as follows:
To the honorable President of the Greek Government, the Minister for Citizen Protection, the command of the Greek Police Force.
We, the undersigned MEPs, declare our strong concern over the continuing incidents of extreme police violence in Greece, during this past period of time.
Incidents of excessive violence, including a distinct sexual undercurrent, according to received complaints, that violate not only the civil rights of targeted citizens but the very principle of Rule of Law.
Holding fast to the belief that such phenomena are far from being in accord with the democratic principles that must be upheld in every EU Member State, we call upon you to take any and all necessary measures, to the extent of your powers and responsibility, to thoroughly investigate the aforementioned incidents and to ensure that security forces operate, in every occasion, in accordance to existing legislature and the Rule of Law.
The undersigned MEPs:
- Jose Gusmao, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Ernst Cornelia, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Mick Wallace, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Clare Daly, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Anne – Sophie Pelletier, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Ozlem Alev Demirel, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Georgiou Giorgos, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Pernando Barrena, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Niyazi Kizilyurek, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Tanja Fajon, MEP, S&D
- Dietmar Koster, MEP, S&D
- Ska Keller, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Manon Aubry, MEP , GUE/NGL
- Anna Cavazzini, MEP, Greens/EFA
- MARQUARDT Erik, Greens/EFA
- Leila Chaibi, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Miguel Urban, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Idoia Villanueva, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Maria Eugenia Rodriguez Palop, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Manuel BOMPARD, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Grace O’Sullivan, MEP, Greens/EFA
- SCHIRDEWAN Martin, MEP, GUE/NGL
- REGO Sira, MEP, GUE/NGL
- PINEDA Manu, MEP, GUE/NGL
- MAUREL Emmanuel, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Julie Ward, MEP, S&D
- Dimitris Papadimoulis, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Stelios Kouloglou, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Petros Kokkalis, MEP, GUE/NGL
- Kostas Arvanitis, MEP, GUE/NGL
