Rebecca signed the appeal in which 97 MEPs call for targeted sanctions against Russia as a reaction to the incidents of the last weekend in the Kerch strait.
You find the appeal below:
On the 25th of November, a Russian ship forcefully prevented three Ukrainian military ships from sailing through the Kerch strait. Both the ships and crew were seized, while two crewmembers have since been detained in Russia for a period of sixty days.
This incident does not stand alone but comes on top of the illegal annexation of Crimea, continued financial and military support for the fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk as well as support for and recognition of the illegal elections held in those areas and the building of a bridge over the Kerch strait.
The developments that took place this weekend should be seen as part of a wider strategy to escalate and fuel tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a flagrant and provocative violation of international rules and agreements and a direct threat to our own peace and security.
Putin’s aggression cannot be left unanswered. We, the undersigned members of the European Parliament therefore call on High-Representative Mogherini and all European government leaders to impose targeted sanctions against Russia. Europe can and must not let itself be side-lined while President Putin slowly but steadily chips away at the foundation of the rules-based international order.
1. Marietje Schaake (ALDE)
2. Laima Andrikiene (EPP)
3. Petras Austrevicius (ALDE)
4. Beatriz Becerra (ALDE)
5. Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (ALDE)
6. Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (S&D)
7. Michal Boni (S&D, Poland)
8. Elmar Brok (EPP)
9. Reinhard Butikofer (Greens)
10. Luis de Grandes Pascual (EPP)
11. Esther de Lange (EPP)
12. Karima Delli (Greens)
13. Mark Demesmaeker (ECR)
14. Pascal Durand (Greens)
15. Bas Eickhoudt (Greens)
16. Fredrick Federley (ALDE)
17. Christoper Fjellner (EPP)
18. Ana Fotyga (ECR)
19. Michal Gahler (EPP)
20. Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE)
21. Anatanas Guoga (EPP)
22. Christophe Hansen (EPP)
23. Marian Harkin (ALDE)
24. Rebecca Harms (Greens)
25. Morten Helveg Petersen (ALDE)
26. Hans-Olaf Henkel (ECR,)
27. Gunna Hokmark (EPP)
28. Mary Honeyball (S&D)
29. Jan Huitema (ALDE)
30. Jose Ignacio Faria (EPP)
31. Sophie in ‘t Veld (ALDE)
32. Bendek Javor (Greens)
33. Danuta Jazłowiecka (EPP)
34. Petr Jezek (ALDE)
35. Marek Jurek (ECR)
36. Sandra Kalniete (EPP)
37. Krišjānis Kariņš (EPP)
38. Tunne Kelam (EPP)
39. Bern Kolmel (ECR)
40. Zdzisław Krasnodębski (ECR)
41. Barbara Kudrycka (EPP)
42. Eduard Kukan (EPP)
43. Jeroen Lenaers (EPP)
44. Janusz Lewandowski (EPP)
45. Elżbieta Łukacijewska (EPP)
46. Peter Lundgren (ECR)
47. Monica Macovei (ECR)
48. Ramona Manescu (EPP)
49. Ana Maria Gomes (S&D)
50. David Martin (S&D)
51. Valentinas Mazuronis (ALDE)
52. Angelika Mlinar (ALDE)
53. Csaba Molnar (S&D)
54. Caroline Nagtegaal (ALDE)
55. Ludek Niedermayer (EPP)
56. Ivari Padar (S&D)
57. Urmas Paet (ALDE)
58. Jullia Pitera (EPP)
59. Jiří Pospíšil (EPP)
60. Michele Rivasi (Greens)
61. Bronis Rope (Greens)
62. Dariusz Rosati (EPP)
63. Kārlis Šadurskis (EPP)
64. Judith Sargentini (Greens)
65. Petri Sarvamaa (EPP)
66. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (NI)
67. Jasenko Selimovic (ALDE)
68. Anders Sellström (EPP)
69. Alyn Smith (Greens)
70. Michaela Šojdrová (EPP)
71. Ivan Štefanec (EPP)
72. Jaromir Stetina (EPP)
73. Helga Stevens (ECR)
74. Dubravka Šuica (EPP)
75. Richard Sulik (ECR)
76. Pavel Svoboda (EPP)
77. Tibor Szanyi (S&D)
78. Adam Szejnfeld (EPP)
79. Indrek Tarand (Greens)
80. Pavel Telicka (ALDE)
81. Nils Torvalds (ALDE)
82. Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (ALDE)
83. Helga Trupel (Greens)
84. Kazimierz Ujazdowski (NI)
85. Inese Vaidere (EPP)
86. Matthijs van Miltenburg (ALDE)
87. Hans van Baalen (ALDE)
88. Peter van Dalen (ECR)
89. Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE)
90. Jarosław Wałęsa (EPP)
91. Jarek Wałęsa (EPP)
92. Julie Ward (S&D)
93. Cecilia Wikstrom (ALDE)
94. Roberts Zile (ECR)
95. Kosma Zlotowski (ECR)
96. Milan Zver (EPP)
97. Tadeusz Zwiefka (EPP
