European Parliament press release (24 October 2013)
Arctic 30 solidarity declaration
We stand in solidarity with the Arctic 30, a group of Greenpeace activists and two freelance photojournalists detained in Russia without trial after a peaceful protest against Gazprom’s reckless Arctic oil drilling plans.
As global warming causes Arctic ice to vanish at unprecedented rates, oil companies are venturing into ever more northerly waters, prospecting for more of the fossil fuels that are causing the melt in the first place. The consequences of an oil spill in these fragile seas, home to rare animals and vital to the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples that have lived here for millennia, would be catastrophic. The threat the Arctic faces demands that urgent action is taken to protect it.
We demand the immediate release of all detainees, as well as the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise, and an end to oil drilling in the icy waters of the fragile Arctic, where an adequate response to an oil spill is not possible.
Your sincerely,
[Signed by 118 MEPs from 22 countries and seven different groups across the political spectrum]
Austria
Mr. Martin Ehrenhauser, Independent
Ms. Karin Kadenbach, S&D
Mr. Jörg Leichtfried, S&D
Ms. Ulrike Lunacek, Greens/EFA
Belgium
Ms. Anne Delvaux, EPP
Ms. Isabelle Durant, Greens/EFA
Mr. Bart Staes, Greens/EFA
Ms. Kathleen van Brempt, S&D
Cyprus
Mr. Takis Hadjigeorgiou, GUE/NGL
Denmark
Ms. Margrete Auken, Greens/EFA
Mr. Ole Christensen, S&D
Mr. Dan Jørgensen, S&D
Ms. Christel Schaldemose, S&D
Mr. Søren Bo Søndergaard, GUE/NGL
Ms. Emille Turunen, S&D
Estonia
Mr. Tunne Kelam, EPP
Ms. Siiri Oviir, ALDE
Mr. Indrek Tarand, Greens/EFA
Finland
Ms. Satu Hassi, Greens/EFA
Ms. Sirpa Pietikäinen, EPP
France
Ms. Sandrine-Sabrine Bélier, Greens/EFA
Mr. Jean-Luc Bennahmias, ALDE
Mr. Jean-Paul Besset, Greens/EFA
Mr. Jean-Jacob Bicep, Greens/EFA
Mr. José Bové, Greens/EFA
Mr. Jean-Marie Cavada, EPP
Mr. Yves Cochet, Greens/EFA
Mr. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Greens/EFA
Ms. Karima Delli, Greens/EFA
Ms. Hélène Flautre, Greens/EFA
Ms. Catherine Grèze, Greens/EFA
Mr. Yannick Jadot, Greens/EFA
Ms. Eva Joly, Greens/EFA
Ms. Nicole Kill-Nielsen, Greens/EFA
Mr. Patrick Le Hyaric, GUE/NGL
Ms. Corinne Lepage, ALDE
Mr. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, GUE/NGL
Ms. Michèle Rivasi, Greens/EFA
Ms. Marie-Christine Vergiat, GUE/NGL
Germany
Mr. Reinhard Bütikofer, Greens/EFA
Ms. Cornelia Ernst, GUE/NGL
Mr. Matthias Groote, S&D
Mr. Thomas Händel, GUE/NGL
Ms. Rebecca Harms, Greens/EFA
Ms. Franziska Keller, Greens/EFA
Mr. Jürgen Klute, GUE/NGL
Mr. Alexander Lambsdorff, ALDE
Ms. Sabine Lösing, GUE/NGL
Ms. Martina Michels, GUE/NGL
Mr. Ulrike Rodust, S&D
Ms. Heide Rühle, Greens/EFA
Mr. Andreas Schwab, EPP
Mr. Helmut Scholz, GUE/NGL
Ms. Sabine Wils, GUE/NGL
Ms. Gabriele Zimmer, GUE/NGL
Greece
Mr. Kriton Arsenis, S&D
Mr. Nikolaos Chountis, GUE/NGL
Mr. Nikos Chrysogelos, Greens/EFA
Ireland
Mr. Paul Murphy, GUE/NGL
Italy
Ms. Sonia Alfano, ALDE
Mr. Franceso de Angelis, S&D
Mr. Sergio Cofferati, S&D
Mr. Vincenzo Iovine, S&D
Mr. Gianni Pittella, S&D
Mr. Andrea Zanoni, ALDE
Latvia
Ms. Sandra Kalniete, EPP
Lithuania
Ms. Laima Liucija Andrikienė, EPP
Mr. Leonidas Donskis, ALDE
Ms. Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, EPP
Mr. Justas Vincas Paleckis, S&D
Luxembourg
Mr. Claude Turmes, Greens/EFA
The Netherlands
Ms. Marije Cornelissen, Greens/EFA
Mr. Cornelis de Jong, GUE/NGL
Mr. Bas Eickhout, Greens/EFA
Mr. Gerben Jan Gerbrandy, ALDE
Ms. Kartika Liotard, GUE/NGL
Ms. Judith Sargentini, Greens/EFA
Mr. Peter van Dalen, ECR
Poland
Ms. Sidonia Jędrzejewska, EPP
Mr. Krzysztof Lisek, EPP
Mr. Marek Siwiec, Independent
Mr. Piotr Borys, EPP
Ms. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, EPP
Ms. Danuta Jazłowiecka, EPP
Portugal
Mr. Carlos Coelho, EPP
Ms. Maria da Graça Carvalho, EPP
Ms. Edite Estrela, S&D
Ms. Marisa Matias, GUE/NGL
Ms. Alda Sousa, GUE/NGL
Mr. Rui Tavares, Greens/EFA
Slovakia
Ms. Katarina Nevedalová, S&D
Slovenian
Ms. Tanja Fajon, S&D
Ms. Romana Jordan, EPP
Ms. Mojca Kleva Kekuš, S&D
Mr. Ivo Vajgl, ALDE
Mr. Milan Zver, EPP
Spain
Mr. Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, S&D
Mr. Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernandez, Greens/EFA
Mr. Willy Meyer, GUE/NGL
Mr. Raül Romeva i Rueda, Greens/EFA
Sweden
Mr. Mikael Gustafsson, GUE/NGL
Ms. Isabella Lövin, Greens/EFA
Mr. Carl Schlyter, Greens/EFA
Mr. Olle Schmidt, ALDE
UK
Ms. Martina Anderson (Northern Ireland), GUE/NGL
Ms. Catherine Bearder, ALDE
Mr. Phil Bennion, ALDE
Mr. Chris Davies, ALDE
Mr. Andrew Duff, ALDE
Ms. Fiona Hall, ALDE
Ms. Jean Lambert, Greens/EFA
Ms. Sarah Ludford, ALDE
Mr. George Lyon, ALDE
Ms. Linda McAvan, S&D
Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott, ALDE
Mr. Keith Taylor, Greens/EFA
Ms. Rebecca Taylor, ALDE
Mr. Graham Watson, ALDE
Mr. Claude Moraes, S&D