The challenge of far-right ideology to democracy and human rights in Europe

Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 15826 | 06 October 2023

Signatories:

Mr Simon MOUTQUIN, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland, SOC ; Ms Heike ENGELHARDT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Christophe LACROIX, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Max LUCKS, Germany, SOC ; Mr Julian PAHLKE, Germany, SOC ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin

2023 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 14.8, insert the following paragraph:

"invite democratic parties in the member States to assess the possibility of establishing a "cordon sanitaire" against far-right parties whose values are at odds with those promoted by the Council of Europe so as to prevent them occupying a media and political space that helps normalise them and propagate hate speech and discriminatory discourse."

Explanatory note

The "cordon sanitaire" is a political practice that has proven its worth in (French-speaking) Belgium: it involves refusing to offer far-right parties space in the media or to form alliances with them.