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Hilde Vautmans

@hildevautmans.bsky.social
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🇪🇺 MEP: Foreign affairs coordinator Renew Europe I Defence | Women’s rights | Children's rights | Agriculture.

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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Europe must reset its China compass! Today the @Europarl_EN adopted a report led by @hildevautmans.bsky.social on EU-China relations. We stand firm on respect, reciprocity, and resilience in a changing geopolitical landscape. Engin Eroglu 👇 www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-10...
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Respect, Reciprocity, Resilience : Europe must reset… - Renew Europe
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tune in at 10:00! Hear from our President @valeriehayer.bsky.social and MEP @hildevautmans.bsky.social as they break down #RenewEurope’s key priorities for this #EPlenary. Watch live below 👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 29/09/2026
Tomorrow at noon in Brussels EU Quarter, I'll be talking about independent European military defence - what's possible and how fast? - with: @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social @guntramwolff.bsky.social @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org @hildevautmans.bsky.social Roger Housen Register here:
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Event registration 30 September European Army
12:00-14:00, Thon Hotel EU, Rue de la Loi 75, Brussels
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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
MEP @hildevautmans.bsky.social shares how losing her father to AD has shaped her, urging Europe to tackle dementia with the same resolve as other major health challenges. #DementiaNeedsEU 🎥Video: vimeo.com/1208703529/1... 📅31 Aug–4 Sep 🔗 bit.ly/EPExhibition
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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
💬Through personal stories and policy discussions, our upcoming exhibition highlights why dementia affects us all. MEP and Co-Chair of the EAA, @hildevautmans.bsky.social, shares why this issue is deeply personal to her and why we must act now. #DementiaNeedsEU 🔗 bit.ly/EPExhibition
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Shaping Europe’s response to dementia
“I lost my father to Alzheimer, so when I speak about dementia, I'm not speaking only as a politician, I'm speaking as a daughter who knows what it means to lose someone twice. September is world Alzheimer's, and millions of family across Europe know exactly what that feels like. […]
Serving as Co-Chair of the European Alzheimer's Alliance, I do not believe we can keep treating dementia as someone's else problem. We found the political will to build a European plan against cancer. It's time to apply the same level of determination to dementia.”
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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🧠 On #WorldBrainDay, we’re delighted to announce our upcoming exhibition at the @europarl.europa.eu. 📅 31 Aug–4 Sept 📍 Brussels 🔗 bit.ly/EPExhibition 🎥 Watch our teaser and stay tuned as Members of the European Alzheimer's Alliance share their stories and calls for action. #DementiaNeedsEU
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Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee @libe.europarl.europa.eu · 22/06/2026
🔗Read more about today's agreement on updated EU rules to combat and prevent child sexual abuse 👇 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... 2/2 @jeroenlenaers.bsky.social, @hildevautmans.bsky.social, @saskiabricmont.bsky.social, @cy2026eu.bsky.social
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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We are delighted to welcome everyone to our European Parliament Lunch Debate on “Prioritising dementia in EU Policies”. Many thanks to our host, Hilde Vautmans MEP @hildevautmans.bsky.social who starts us off with some words of introduction #AELunchDebate
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European Parliamentary Research Service @handle.invalid · 15/04/2026
Today marks three years since the start of the war in #Sudan. The conflict has since fragmented the country. In case you missed it, read our full briefing on the war in Sudan 👉 link.europa.eu/PRQkMX @afet.europarl.europa.eu @hildevautmans.bsky.social @christopheclergeau.bsky.social
EPRS briefing summary on 'Understanding the war in Sudan: The human cost of geopolitics' (November 2025)
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Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 13/03/2026
Together with @hildevautmans.bsky.social, I’m working towards the creation of a European army. 80% of Europeans want to cooperate on defense, its time to finally make it happen! Read our full statement here:
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Vautmans & van Lanschot strijden samen voor Europees leger en pleiten voor meer samenwerking • Hilde Vautmans
Straatsburg – Vandaag heeft het Europees Parlement twee dossiers aangenomen: we roepen de Commissie en de lidstaten op om dringend werk te maken van een gemeenschappelijke […]
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European Parliamentary Diplomacy @epdiplomacy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
At today's #DAFR delegation meeting 👇 DRC FM Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner addressed MEPs on the security and humanitarian situation in eastern DRC + ongoing mediation efforts, EU-DRC partnership agreements and the recent US sanctions on Rwanda. #parliamentarydiplomacy @hildevautmans.bsky.social
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Renew Europe welcomes the extension of rules to fight online child abuse. By limiting scans to known illegal content and protecting end-to-end encryption, we ensure children are safe without compromising every citizen's privacy. @ijoveva.bsky.social @hildevautmans.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3kep327n
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Renew Europe Group: Of course tackling child abuse and… - Renew Europe
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
@europarl.europa.eu condemns Uganda’s violent repression of opposition, media & civil society We demand an end to harassment, internet shutdowns & impunity, and urge 🇪🇺 to review cooperation unless democracy & rights are restored @jcoetjen.bsky.social @hildevautmans.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc6988hx
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Stop the repression in Uganda - Renew Europe
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Broederlijk Delen @broederlijkdelen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
MEP @hildevautmans.bsky.social “Seksueel geweld in #OostCongo gedraagt zich als een virus dat zich steeds verder verspreidt wanneer gerechtigheid uitblijft.” Een recent VN-rapport over situatie in Oost-Congo documenteert systematisch geweld tegen vrouwen. 👇 broederlijkdelen.be/nieuws/oorlo...
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
EDIP is gestemd. Een stap vooruit, maar lang niet genoeg. Europa heeft leiderschap nodig en een eigen defensiestrategie. Geen ad-hoc projectjes meer: produceer en koop defensie alles samen, richting één Europees leger. Alleen zo kunnen we onszelf verdedigen. 🇪🇺💪 hildevautmans.eu/vautmans-we-...
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Vautmans “We kunnen Europa enkel beschermen met een Europees leger” • Hilde Vautmans
Hilde Vautmans (Renew Europe, Open Vld): “Het rapport over de “European Defence Industry Programme “ is een stap in de goede richting: we versterken onze industrie door […]
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🌈 A landmark moment for equality in Europe 🌍 The European Court of Justice has ruled that same-sex marriages must be recognised across the EU. A necessary and powerful step forward for freedom, dignity and human rights in Europe.
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European Parliamentary Diplomacy @epdiplomacy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Timely gathering of Pan-African Parliament #PAP and @europarl.europa.eu Members in Midrand 🇿🇦 ahead of the next 7th #AUEU25 Summit, Luanda. @younousomarjee.bsky.social @hildevautmans.bsky.social Merja Kyllönen @ingeborgterlaak.bsky.social a.o. #parliamentarydiplomacy
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Sudan faces a humanitarian catastrophe 🇸🇩 We call for an urgent debate & decisive 🇪🇺 action Silence is complicity: we must demand a ceasefire, aid access & accountability @hildevautmans.bsky.social @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social @charlesgoerens.bsky.social @jcoetjen.bsky.social👇 tinyurl.com/46rupsf4
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Renew Europe calls for urgent European Parliament… - Renew Europe
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Belgian-Portuguese aid worker Joseph was wrongfully convicted after a show trial in 🇨🇫. 🇪🇺 cannot look away. #FreeJosephFigueiraMartin @hildevautmans.bsky.social: “I am in contact with his family, monitoring his situation” @europarl.europa.eu demands his release 👇 tinyurl.com/mt9nk3yv
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Texts adopted - Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic - Thursday, 10 July 2025
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@martakos.ec.europa.eu's enlargement package highlights progress by aspiring EU states Enlargement must be paired with reform to strengthen & unify 🇪🇺 Reform is crucial to make 🇪🇺 fit for purpose as it grows Petras Auštrevičius @hildevautmans.bsky.social @sandrogozi.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2sn8c32b
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EU enlargement: concrete prospects for some candidates - Renew Europe
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Renew Europe denounces electoral fraud & violent repression in Tanzania The 🇹🇿 elections were marred by intimidation & silenced voices We call for Tundu Lissu’s release & protection for those standing against oppression! @hildevautmans.bsky.social @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social tinyurl.com/vstxfhv2
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Renew Europe condemns electoral fraud and violent… - Renew Europe
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🇳🇱 Vandaag kiest Nederland. Succes aan @vvdonline.bsky.social & @d66.nl Het vorige kabinet toonde aan: samenwerken met extreemrechts werkt niet. Vooruitgang voor Nederland én voor Europa vraagt om een pro-Europese, liberale koers in het midden.
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Renew Europe sets a new vision for EU–Africa relations We call for 🌍Transparent investments aligned with African priorities 👩‍🎓Youth in the spotlight 💪Strengthening women's rights @hildevautmans.bsky.social @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social @charlesgoerens.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4nwx4muy
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EU-Africa : equal partnership ahead of Luanda summit - Renew Europe
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The beginning of the release of Israeli hostages is a first moment of relief and humanity. Now every term of the agreement must be honored, fully, immediately, and by all sides. True security and dignity can only come through a negotiated two-state solution.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The EU must ensure accountability and act for real peace. Member states should recognise the State of Palestine. Only two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security can end this cycle of injustice.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The ceasefire must be immediate and made permanent. Every hostage must be freed. Humanitarian aid must enter Gaza now. The agreement and international law must be upheld, and those who violate them must face consequences.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We welcome the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. It is a crucial step, but not the end. Caution is needed. The violence must not resume, and the world must stay alert.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The EU is talking about a “drone wall” now. Good, but it’s not enough. We need a real European defence union with counter-drone capabilities built in: to intercept and neutralise. Our citizens deserve credible protection, not patchwork defences.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
On my way to Estonia 🇪🇪, at the doorstep of Russian provocations. We’ve seen drone incursions and airspace violations sweep from Poland to Denmark and into the Baltics.
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EU to move forward with plans for drone wall amid Russian incursions
Ministers aim to bolster defences after spate of airspace violations, amid rising momentum for €140bn loan to Ukraine
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We must ensure that humanitarian aid reaches every person, that all parties involved respect international law & that we begin the path toward a two-state solution by recognizing the State of Palestine-once all hostages have been released & with the condition that Hamas play no role in Gaza’s future
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Yet, as Parliament underlined in its resolution last week, much more will be needed. Economic sanctions alone are not enough.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I can only welcome the Commission’s proposal and urge all EU Member States to support it by immediately reintroducing tariffs on Israeli goods and by approving the proposed sanctions against terrorist organisation Hamas, and against Israeli ministers and settlers.
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Netanyahu must come back from the brink or face costly… - Renew Europe
Renew Europe welcomes the European Commission's proposal for economic sanctions against Israel as a necessary first step towards ensuring accountability…
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
No woman should ever fear walking home, no matter the street, no matter the hour. Lisa’s murder is a brutal reminder that we still have a long way to go. We call on Member States and the European Commission to take urgent, concrete action against gender-based violence.
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Renew Europe demands urgent action as Gaza faces catastrophic suffering and famine! @hildevautmans.bsky.social: This famine is not a natural disaster, it is a political act, and Europe must respond with political courage. Read more 👇 www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...
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Renew Europe demands urgent action as Gaza faces… - Renew Europe
While the Israeli government has just called for the evacuation of Gaza City, taking the reckless risk of further aggravating the humanitarian crisis, the…
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Enough is enough. In Gaza, innocent people, children, babies are being killed every day, and Europe remains silent. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: You must act. Now.This is a matter of humanity. History is watching. Let us stand on the right side of it.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
De motie van wantrouwen tegen Ursula von der Leyen is verworpen. Nu terug aan het werk. Waar het echt over moet gaan: minder regulitis, meer koopkracht en bouwen aan een sterke Europese defensie om onze welvaart te beschermen. 🇪🇺
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
De ware bedoeling achter deze motie is het ondermijnen van Europa. Daarom zal ik donderdag tegen deze motie stemmen.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Toen we midden in een scherpe vaccinrace zaten met het VK, de VS en Israël, heeft de Commissie snel geschakeld en gezorgd voor vaccins voor alle Europeanen. Dat was een krachttoer.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
De motie van wantrouwen tegen de Commissie-von der Leyen is slechte symboolpolitiek. Extreemrechts heeft er altijd moeite mee wanneer Europa levert voor haar burgers.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Hungary’s first-ever banned Pride, by Orban’s order. He got the opposite of what he wanted. He got exactly what he deserved. 200.000 marched. Largest Pride in Hungarian history. 🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
De vrijheid om jezelf te zijn, om lief te hebben wie je wil, om vreedzaam samen te komen: dát is Europa! En waar die vrijheden in gevaar zijn, daar moeten wij liberalen zijn. Ook als dat gepaard gaat met tal van veiligheidsmaatregelen.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Wie toetreedt tot de Unie, doet dat ook voor onze waarden en normen. Onze rechtstaat is geen menukaart.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Daarom reizen we met 70 collega’s van het Europees Parlement naar Hongarije. Omdat we niet buigen voor wie de waarden van onze Unie uitholt, zeker niet voor een lidstaat die dat probeert.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Orbán zorgde ervoor dat de pride ongrondwettelijk werd in Hongarije. Maar de oppositie vond een legale manier om een alternatieve pride toch te laten doorgaan, om zowel de viering als de strijd voor LGBTQ-rechten voort te zetten.
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Ik ben aangekomen in Boedapest 🇭🇺, waar ik morgen zal deelnemen aan de LGBTQ-pride die Orbán met man en macht probeert te verbieden. Orbán trekt grenzen rond wie vrij mag zijn. Wij trekken die niet. ❤️💛💚💙💜
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Erg bezorgd over het lot van Ahmadreza Djalali. Vorige week sprak het Europees Parlement zich duidelijk uit: Djalali kreeg in Iran geen eerlijk proces, en zijn mensenrechten worden ernstig geschonden. Wij eisen zijn onmiddellijke en onvoorwaardelijke vrijlating. #FreeDjalali
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The EU must act on grave violations of Article 2 of the EU-Israel Agreement. 🚫 Aid blocked 🏥 Hospitals bombed #RenewEurope urges activation of Article 79 & demands urgent action from 🇮🇱. 🗣️ @hildevautmans.bsky.social: “EU credibility is on the line.” #Gaza www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-06...
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EU must act on Israel human rights violations - Renew Europe
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Ministers met in Brussels to discuss the conclusions of the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, requested…
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Jimmy Lai should not be in prison. He should be with his granddaughter, who was born while he was unjustly jailed and whom he has never met. Journalism and political activism are not crimes. I call on China to free Jimmy and all political prisoners. #FreeJimmyLai #PressFreedom #hongkong
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The European Parliament has adopted a strong resolution demanding his immediate and unconditional release. Read more here: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran | RC-B10-0284/2025 | European Parliament
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION pursuant to Rules 150(5) and 136(4) of the Rules of Procedure replacing the following motions: B10-0284/2025 (Verts/ALE) B10-0285/2025 (Renew) B10-0296/2025 (S&D) B10-029...
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Hilde Vautmans @hildevautmans.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Djalali must return to his wife and children before it’s too late. #FreeDjalali Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali has been unjustly imprisoned in Iran for over nine years. He is the longest-held EU citizen in the country.
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