Commemoration of Danish politician Marie-Antoinette von Lowzow

Written declaration No. 770 | Doc. 15761 | 04 May 2023

Signatories:

Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Ms Boriana ÅBERG, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Ms Iwona ARENT, Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Andris BĒRZINŠ, Latvia, ALDE ; Ms Rasa BUDBERGYTĖ, Lithuania, SOC ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Mogens JENSEN, Denmark, SOC ; Mr Bjarni JÓNSSON, Iceland, UEL ; Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKI, Estonia, ALDE ; Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA, Latvia, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, Finland, SOC ; Mr Arminas LYDEKA, Lithuania, ALDE ; Mr Kazimierz MATUSZNY, Poland, EC/DA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Daniel MILEWSKI, Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Indrek SAAR, Estonia, SOC ; Mr Lukas SAVICKAS, Lithuania, SOC ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU, Norway, EPP/CD ; Mr Frank SCHWABE, Germany, SOC ; Mr Nicos TORNARITIS, Cyprus, EPP/CD ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, EC/DA ; Ms Yelyzaveta YASKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD

This written declaration does not reflect the position of the Assembly; only of those members that have signed it. It will not be considered further by the Assembly.

We, the undersigned, declare the following:

50 years ago the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Resolution 189 (1960) on the “Situation in the Baltic States on the twentieth anniversary of their forcible incorporation into the Soviet Union”. The resolution was initiated by the members of the Committee on Non-represented Nations of the Assembly, and Ms Marie-Antoinette von Lowzow (Denmark) was appointed rapporteur.

The resolution is permeated with the hope that Communist oppression will not succeed in crushing the Baltic spirit and faith in freedom and democracy and expresses the Assembly’s anticipation that time will come when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will be able to play their part as free nations in democratic international institutions. Adopted more than half a century ago, this important political document was the first united European response to brutal Soviet occupation and annexation.

The historic experience of the three Baltic States and other countries behind the Iron Curtain clearly shows that peace, freedom and democracy cannot be taken for granted. With this declaration, remembering the historic step taken by the active Danish politician Marie-Antoinette von Lowzow, we ask the President of the Parliamentary Assembly to properly commemorate her initiative with a plaque of honour to be displayed in the Palais de l’Europe.