Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002079/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Arkadiusz Mularczyk (ECR)
According to the Commission’s answer P-002838/2024(ASW)[1], ‘The EU is currently funding many initiatives worldwide, aimed at providing reparations and redress to victims in the framework of its transitional justice activities’.
At the same time, the Commission states that ‘[n]one of such programmes is dedicated to the process of transitional justice in relation to crimes committed during the World War II either in Poland or in any other Member States.’
Could the Commission explain how this disparity aligns with its commitment to justice and human rights, for example with Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime[2]. What specific steps will it take to ensure that living EU citizens, who continue to suffer the consequences of WWII atrocities and who have no access to judicial remedies, are also included within the scope of the EU’s transitional justice framework, thereby providing them with the same avenues for redress as victims in other regions?
Submitted: 22.5.2025