Plenary Session: Recommendation to the VPC/HR and to the Council in preparation of the 2020 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review process, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament options

Recommendation to the VPC/HR and to the Council in preparation of the 2020 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review process, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament options (A9-0020/2020 - Sven Mikser)

I voted in favour of this own-initiative report, which is one of the few in the European Parliament to address the issue of nuclear weapons. Although the report is not progressive enough and it does not consider alternative scenarios to global security without nuclear devices, it contains important elements that we consider essential for global security.

In particular, we reiterate that real multilateralism is one of the preconditions for fighting the proliferation of nuclear weapons and moving towards nuclear disarmament. The report also calls on the European Union (its Member States to be more exact) to speak with one voice at the next Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations in New York. The text also contains important references to cyberspace, stressing that nuclear weapons can be even more dangerous because they become less controllable.

The Parliament also recommends to the Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to limit the transfer of nuclear technology in the field of proliferation to NPT Party States that are implementing all IAEA safeguards.

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