MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of ‘white farmers’ in South Africa

27.3.2018

pursuant to Rule 133 of the Rules of Procedure

Dominique Bilde

B8‑0178/2018

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the situation of ‘white farmers’ in South Africa

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to Articles 2, 3, and 21 of the Treaty on European Union,

–  having regard to Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms:

–  having regard to Rule 133 of its Rules of Procedure,

A.  whereas, according to the Afriforum Navorsings-Instituut (26/04/2017), the number of attacks against landowners of European origin (‘white farmers’), who hold 73% of the land, is increasing in South Africa, rising from 96 attacks in 2011 to 357 in 2017, including 74 deaths, 13 cases of torture and 6 rapes;

B.  whereas, according to the South-African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), these attacks are linked in particular to the ‘racial nature of the stigmatisation of white farmers’;

C.  whereas on 27 February 2018 the South African Parliament initiated a revision of Section 25 of the Constitution authorising the expropriation of land without compensation, in order to – as indicated by President Cyril Ramaphosa – heal the wounds of the past and accelerate the redistribution of land to black South-Africans;

1.  Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to:

  1. Condemn this situation and the above-mentioned revision of the Constitution in particular;

  2. Include this issue in its political dialogue with South Africa.