Ask EP By / October 20, 2023

Death penalty – answering citizens’ concerns

Many citizens have written to the President of the European Parliament on this subject since September 2023, ahead of the World Day against the Death Penalty. The European Parliament is consistent in its strong and clear position against the death penalty.

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Citizens have called on the European Parliament to take a stance against the death penalty. Many citizens have written to the President of the European Parliament on this subject since September 2023, ahead of the World Day against the Death Penalty. The European Parliament is consistent in its strong and clear position against the death penalty.

We replied to citizens who took the time to write to the President (in French):

English

The European Union (EU) and the European Parliament have a strong and clear position against the death penalty, both within the EU’s borders and worldwide. All EU countries have abolished the death penalty. The EU actively works towards the worldwide abolition of the death penalty through diplomatic, political and financial means.

To mark World Day against the Death Penalty in 2020, President Roberta Metsola wrote on Twitter (now X) that ‘the death penalty is an affront to human dignity and cannot be tolerated under any circumstances’. She also stressed that Parliament is committed to defending human rights and that it will keep calling on all countries to end the death penalty.

In a 2023 resolution, the European Parliament reaffirms its principled opposition to the death penalty, considering it a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It calls upon the EU and EU countries to defend abolition in all international forums and to seek broad support for this position.

French

L’Union européenne (UE) et le Parlement européen s’opposent résolument à la peine de mort, tant à l’intérieur des frontières de l’UE que dans le reste du monde. Tous les pays de l’UE ont aboli la peine de mort. L’UE œuvre activement à l’abolition de la peine de mort dans le monde par divers moyens diplomatiques, politiques et financiers.

À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort en 2020, la Présidente Metsola a déclaré sur Twitter (maintenant X) que la peine de mort est un affront à la dignité humaine et qu’elle ne peut être tolérée en aucune circonstance. Elle a également souligné que le Parlement s’engage à défendre les droits humains et qu’il continuera à appeler tous les pays à mettre fin à la peine de mort.

Dans une résolution de 2023, le Parlement européen réaffirme son opposition de principe à la peine de mort, qu’il considère comme un traitement cruel, inhumain et dégradant. Il invite l’UE et ses pays membres à plaider en faveur de l’abolition de la peine de mort dans toutes les enceintes internationales et à rechercher un large appui en faveur de cette position.

Background

Citizens often send messages to the President of the European Parliament expressing their views and/or requesting action. The Citizens’ Enquiries Unit (AskEP) within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) replies to these messages, which may sometimes be identical as part of wider public campaigns.


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