Sander SMIT

Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation

Exclude Chinese companies from Global Gateway infrastructure projects to secure EU energy independence and counter foreign influence in developing countries.

Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024

Resolution on the case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream Regime

Demand the immediate release of Georgian political prisoners and impose targeted sanctions and visa bans on regime officials responsible for political repression.

Resolution on the arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger

Demand the immediate and unconditional release of Niger's President Bazoum and all individuals detained following the coup.

Resolution on human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine

Demand Russia cease recruiting foreign nationals for its war in Ukraine and repatriate those fraudulently recruited.