Violence and hate speech against politicians: a threat to democracy

Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 16363 | 20 April 2026

Signatories:

Ms Sophia CHIKIROU, France, UEL ; Ms Janina BÖTTGER, Germany, UEL ; Ms Gabrielle CATHALA, France, UEL ; Mr Emmanuel FERNANDES, France, UEL ; Mr Dionysios-Charalampos KALAMATIANOS, Greece, UEL

Origin

2026 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 21, after the second sentence, insert the following sentence:

"In particular, it calls on them not to trivialise, instrumentalise or relay xenophobic and racist discourse that fuels far-right violence."

Explanatory note

The current text condemns "inflammatory" rhetoric, which remains too abstract. This amendment explicitly targets the link between the normalisation of hateful discourse and the transition to far-right violent acts.