“War crimes against her Ukrainian they should be referred to the International Criminal Court,” says the MEP for SYRIZA-PS and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Stelios Kulogloucommenting on it New Democracy Statement of abstention by Eurogroup SYRIZA The European Parliament voted for a resolution on the establishment of a Special International Court for War Crimes in Ukraine.

Mr. Kuloglu also accuses the ND of “playing petty party games with war and people’s lives.”

The statement of justification for the vote, presented by the SYRIZA-PS Eurogroup during the vote, reads: “SYRIZA has repeatedly stressed that the creation of special courts weakens the legitimacy and authority of the International Criminal Court. In particular, in the case of Ukraine, the crimes committed during Russia’s illegal and barbaric attack should not be the subject of demagogy, political expediency and cursory scrutiny, but a structured process that guarantees the prosecution of the perpetrators within the framework of international law. For these reasons, the Eurogroup SYRIZA abstained from voting on the resolution on the “Establishment of a court for the crime of aggression against Ukraine”.