European Parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
The EP resolution expresses solidarity with the Ukrainian people (Photo:REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the recognition of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people, the press service of the legislature reported on Dec. 15.
A total of 507 MEPs voted in favor, 12 were against, and another 17 abstained.
The resolution expresses solidarity with the people of Ukraine and honors the memory of the millions of people who died as a result of the deliberate actions of the Stalinist regime to organize artificial famine.
“The European Parliament recognizes the famine inflicted by the Soviet regime on Ukraine in 1932-1933 – known as the Holodomor – as genocide,” the text of the document reads.
“MEPs strongly condemn these acts, which resulted in the deaths of millions of Ukrainians, and call on all countries and organizations that have not yet done so to follow suit and recognize it as genocide.”
The European Parliament also states that the whitewashing and glorification of the totalitarian Soviet regime and the revival of the cult of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin have led to the fact that Russia today is a state sponsor of terrorism.
MEPs also condemn Russia's ongoing crimes against the Ukrainian people, such as the deliberate destruction of Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure in winter.
On Nov. 30, the German Bundestag supported a resolution recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.
2022 marks 90 years since the Soviet authorities organized targeted measures to seize grain and other food from the people of Ukraine in 1932, which led to the Holodomor — one of the greatest tragedies in Ukrainian history. Both in Ukraine and in many other countries, the Holodomor of 1932-1933 has been recognized as a genocide of Ukrainians by the Stalinist regime.
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