Marie-Christine Vergiat, author. − (FR) Mr President, this is an urgent matter and our concerns are prompted by the worrying reports received from several large non-governmental organisations regarding the situation of migrants in Libya.

I think we can say that, in some ways, nothing has changed for migrants since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, and, for many of them, the situation has worsened even. Suspected almost systematically of being former Gaddafi mercenaries, they have been imprisoned in camps run by ex-rebels. The living conditions there are appalling. We have lost count of the acts of violence and torture towards men, women and children, and there is no authority in Libya today able to put a stop to this situation.

The European Union and certain of its Member States in particular bear a heavy responsibility for the current situation, as they blindly entered a conflict without thinking about the consequences. It is regrettable that nothing was said about this subject in the motion for a resolution, especially as NGOs have not been afraid to criticise this responsibility.

If I had to pick just one example, I would say that it is quite telling that it took four months to learn the lessons from the July elections and to appoint a new government. Worse still, new agreements are currently being negotiated between the EU, some of its Member States and Libya. There is no doubt that the migration question will be at the centre of these talks. At the very least, Parliament should take a stance and refuse to allow these agreements to be conditional on readmission agreements, the terms of which are familiar to us, but it will not do so. The motion for a resolution is weak, to say the least, particularly in this respect, and that is why my group will not vote in favour of it.

(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))