Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001817/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Francisco Assis (S&D), Nikos Papandreou (S&D), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Carla Tavares (S&D), Sandra Gómez López (S&D), Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE), André Rodrigues (S&D), Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D), Marco Tarquinio (S&D), Catarina Vieira (Verts/ALE), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Marta Temido (S&D), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Hilde Vautmans (Renew), Murielle Laurent (S&D), Elio Di Rupo (S&D), Erik Marquardt (Verts/ALE), Sérgio Gonçalves (S&D), Giorgio Gori (S&D), Hana Jalloul Muro (S&D)
The large-scale atrocities perpetrated by military and paramilitary forces against civilians in Sudan are widely documented. They show a pattern of indiscriminate bombings, systematic use of rape and aid restrictions as weapons of war. With 11 million displaced people, Sudan is in a dire humanitarian situation. Two years on, the EU has failed to: provide sufficient leadership towards a ceasefire, take meaningful action to protect civilians’ lives, and hold accountable those responsible for crimes against humanity. In January, the United States decided to sanction military leaders and foreign entities responsible for the flow of arms into Sudan. In March, Parliament adopted a resolution[1] urging the EU to implement similar sanctions.
In the light of this situation:
Will the VP/HR propose to the Council that the EU also adopt targeted sanctions on those responsible for the cycle of violence in Sudan? These include: the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan; the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemedti’ and deputy commander Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagal; other officials and militia leaders responsible for lethal attacks on civilians, and entities and individuals involved in the supplying and procurement of weapons on behalf of the warring parties.
Submitted: 6.5.2025
- [1] European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2025 on the severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape (texts adopted, P10_TA(2025)0037).