To the President of the European Commission Mrs. Ursula Von Der Leyen, Rue De La Loi / Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels
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To the President of the European Commission Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen, Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels To the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Mr. Vladis Dombrovskis Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels Brussels, 22 October 2020, Subject: the EU must impose an import ban on Chinese companies using forced labour Dear President von der Leyen, Dear Vice-President Dombrovskis, For years, the Chinese regime has been detaining millions of human beings in camps, just because they were born Uyghurs. For years, Europe and the world have been witnessing a crime against humanity without opposing any resistance to it. In recent months, several studies have reported the use of Uyghur forced labour for the benefit of major European companies. Indeed, many Chinese factories, directly supplying EU brands exploit the Uyghurs and benefit from their forced labour. Facing this abjection, Europe must act to protect the lives and fundamental rights of Uyghurs. The EU should use its trade and market power to safeguards the founding principles enrichened in our Treaties and guiding our external policies. As the US did lately through an imports ban passed almost unanimously in the US House of Representatives, Europe urgently needs to establish a blacklist of Chinese companies implicated in Uyghur forced labour. We look forward to your response. Yours sincerely, 1. Raphaël Glucksmann, S&D 2. Dietmar Köster, S&D 3. Francisco Guerreiro, Greens 4. Sylvie Guillaume, S&D 5. Aurore Lalucq, S&D 6. Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Renew 7. Anna Cavazzini, Greens 8. Nora Mebarek, S&D 9. Pierre Larrouturou, S&D 10. Rasa Jukneviciene, EPP 11. Michael Gahler, EPP 12. Leïla Chaibi, GUE 13. Giuseppe Ferrandino, S&D 14. Miriam Lexmann, EPP 15. Andreas Schieder, S&D 16. Manon Aubry, GUE 17. Athanasios Konstantinou, NI 18. Assita Kanko, ECR 19. Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Greens 20. Laurence Farreng, Renew 21. Reinhard Bütikofer, Greens 22. Engin Eroglu, Renew 23. Nathalie Loiseau, Renew 24. Ivan Stefanec, EPP 25. Andrius Kubilius, EPP 26. Ausra Maldeikiene, EPP 27. Kati Piri, S&D 28. Leopoldo Lopez-Gil, EPP 29. Ilana Cicurel, Renew 30. Alviina Alametsa, Greens 31. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Greens 32. Isabel Santos, S&D 33. Ville Niinistö, Greens 34. Javier Nart, Renew 35. Emmanuel Maurel, GUE 36. Giuliano Pisapia, S&D 37. Pascal Durand, Renew 38. Fredrick Federley, Renew 39. Abir Al-Sahlani, Renew 40. Ciaran Cuffe, Greens 41. Radoslaw Sikorski, EPP 42. Hannah Neumann, Greens 43. Hilde Vautmans, Renew 44. Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Renew 45. François Alfonsi, Greens 46. Benoît Biteau, Greens 47. Damien Carême, Greens 48. David Cormand, Greens 49. Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Greens 50. Karima Delli, Greens 51. Claude Gruffat, Greens 52. Yannick Jadot, Greens 53. Michèle Rivasi, Greens 54. Caroline Roose, Greens 55. Marie Toussaint, Greens 56. Salima Yenbou, Greens 57. Mounir Satouri, Greens 58. David Lega, EPP 59. Ivan Vilibor Sincic, NI 60. Helmut Geuking, ECR 61. Carmen Avram, ECR 62. Svenja Hahn, Renew 63. Petros Kokkalis, GUE 64. Petri Sarvamaa, EPP 65. Erik Marquardt, Greens 66. Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Renew 67. Carles Puigdemont, NI 68. Antoni Comin, NI 69. Clara Ponsati, NI 70. Philippe Lamberts, Greens 71. Katalin Cseh, Renew 72. Anne-Sophie Pelletier, GUE 73. Peter van Dalen, EPP 74. Lidia Pereira, EPP 75. Samira Rafaela, Renew 76. Eva Kaili, S&D 77. Maria Arena, S&D 78. Marc Angel, S&D 79. Witold Waszcykowski, ECR 80. Michaela Sojdrova, EPP 81. Saskia Bricmont, Greens 82. Henrike Hahn, Greens 83. Pascal Arimont, EPP 84. Stefan Berger, EPP 85. Dragos Tudorache, Renew 86. Salvatore De Meo, EPP 87. François-Xavier Bellamy, EPP 88. Bernard Guetta, Renew 89. Anna Fotyga, ECR 90. Lara Wolters, S&D 91. Tonino Picula, S&D 92. Petras Austrevicius, Renew 93. Karen Melchior, Renew 94. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, NI 95. Marisa Matias, GUE 96. Agnes Jongerius, S&D 97. Kathleen Van Brempt, S&D 98. Gabriele Bischoff, S&D 99. Alexis Georgoulis, GUE 100. Domenec Ruiz-Devesa, S&D .