According to Dutch MEP Peter van Dalen (Christian Union), "this resolution is firstly a political statement, a political signal against Putin, and a support to the Russian opposition. Furthermore, the resolution also speaks out against further Russian participation in the UN Security Council."
Although the EU currently lacks a legal instrument for this, the resolution co-submitted by him is still very important, Van Dalen said: "We call on the European Commission to develop, like the United States, a legal instrument with which states can also be designated as terrorist organizations. This could have consequences for, for example, arms exports and financial relations."
In addition, the resolution calls for placing certain individual organizations within the Russian regime, such as the Wagner mercenary group, on the existing terrorism list.
Moreover, the European Parliament and the 200 largest EU cities have launched the 'Generators of Hope' plan. This calls on European cities to donate generators to Ukrainian cities.
As a result of Russia's war against Ukraine and the ongoing attacks on critical civilian infrastructure, more than half of Ukraine's electricity grid has been damaged or destroyed, leaving millions of Ukrainians without power.
These generators will help keep essential services running in the country by supplying power to hospitals, schools, water supply facilities, shelters, refuges, transmission masts, and more, said EP President Roberta Metsola.
Earlier this year, the European Parliament already paved the way for the establishment of ’solidarity corridors’. This plan involves handling the export of Ukrainian grain through land routes to ports in Poland and the Baltic States, instead of through the shipping routes over the Black Sea threatened by the Russians.