EU action following the laying down of arms of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
21.11.2025
Question for written answer E-004652/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Per Clausen (The Left), Leoluca Orlando (Verts/ALE), Andreas Schieder (S&D), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Hanna Gedin (The Left), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Kathleen Funchion (The Left), Thijs Reuten (S&D), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Li Andersson (The Left), Jussi Saramo (The Left), Günther Sidl (S&D), Elisabeth Grossmann (S&D), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Sebastian Everding (The Left), Martin Schirdewan (The Left), Özlem Demirel (The Left), Damien Carême (The Left), Anthony Smith (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Benedetta Scuderi (Verts/ALE), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Ilaria Salis (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Isabel Serra Sánchez (The Left), Diana Riba i Giner (Verts/ALE), Ana Miranda Paz (Verts/ALE), Marco Tarquinio (S&D)
When the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced earlier this year that it was laying down its arms in pursuit of a peaceful struggle, the European External Action Service welcomed the message[1]. However, to facilitate reconciliation and a peaceful resolution, the EU can do more. As an example, in 2017, when the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), laid down its arms the European Council removed them from its list of terrorist organisations.
This raises the issue of whether or not this process should be echoed in relation to the PKK today.
The Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) is therefore kindly asked to answer the following questions:
- 1.Whether and when will the VP/HR bring a proposal to the European Council to follow the precedence from the 2017 laying down of arms of the FARC and, consequently begin the process of removing the PKK from the EU’s terrorist list?
- 2.What else does the European External Action Service intend to do in order to directly support an inclusive peace process in Türkiye?
Submitted: 21.11.2025
- [1] https://www.eeas.europa.eu/node/3264_en.