On 16 September 2014, the European Parliament ratified the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. The Agreement will establish a deep political association and economic integration between the EU and Ukraine. 535 MEPs voted in favour of the ratification, 127 - against, 35 - abstained, and 54 - did not vote.
The analysis of the vote shows that the majority of the MEPs who voted against the ratification of the EU-Ukraine agreement are coming from the far right (46 MEPs), (far-)left (35 MEPs) and eurosceptic (30) political parties. This anti-European "National-Bolshevik" alliance manifested itself, in particular, during the vote on the European Parliament resolution "On Russian pressure on Eastern Partnership countries and in particular destabilisation of eastern Ukraine" that recognised "Russia’s acts of aggression as a grave violation of international law and its own international obligations".
As I predicted in April this year, the "National-Bolshevik" alliance has grown stronger in the newly elected European Parliament. In April, only 49 MEPs voted against the resolution "On Russian pressure", but now 127 MEPs voted against the EU-Ukraine agreement.
Here is a complete list of the MEPs who did not support the deep political association and economic integration between the EU and Ukraine.
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The analysis of the vote shows that the majority of the MEPs who voted against the ratification of the EU-Ukraine agreement are coming from the far right (46 MEPs), (far-)left (35 MEPs) and eurosceptic (30) political parties. This anti-European "National-Bolshevik" alliance manifested itself, in particular, during the vote on the European Parliament resolution "On Russian pressure on Eastern Partnership countries and in particular destabilisation of eastern Ukraine" that recognised "Russia’s acts of aggression as a grave violation of international law and its own international obligations".
As I predicted in April this year, the "National-Bolshevik" alliance has grown stronger in the newly elected European Parliament. In April, only 49 MEPs voted against the resolution "On Russian pressure", but now 127 MEPs voted against the EU-Ukraine agreement.
Here is a complete list of the MEPs who did not support the deep political association and economic integration between the EU and Ukraine.
Country/MEP | Party | Ideology |
Austria | ||
Barbara KAPPEL | Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs | radical right-wing populism |
Georg MAYER | Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs | radical right-wing populism |
Franz OBERMAYR | Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs | radical right-wing populism |
Harald VILIMSKY | Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs | radical right-wing populism |
Belgium | ||
Gerolf ANNEMANS | Vlaams Belang | radical right-wing populism |
Cyprus | ||
Takis HADJIGEORGIOU | Progressive Party of Working People - Left - New Forces | communism |
Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS | Progressive Party of Working People - Left - New Forces | communism |
Czech Republic | ||
Jan KELLER | Česká strana sociálně demokratická | social democracy |
Kateřina KONEČNÁ | Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | communism |
Petr MACH | Strana svobodných občanů | euroscepticism |
Jiří MAŠTÁLKA | Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | communism |
Miloslav RANSDORF | Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | communism |
Denmark | ||
Rina Ronja KARI | Folkebevægelsen mod EU | euroscepticism |
France | ||
Louis ALIOT | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Marie-Christine ARNAUT | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Nicolas BAY | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Dominique BILDE | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Marie-Christine BOUTONNE | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Steeve BRIOIS | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Aymeric CHAUPRADE | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Mireille D'ORNANO | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Edouard FERRAND | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Sylvie GODDYN | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Bruno GOLLNISCH | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Jean-François JALKH | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Patrick LE HYARIC | Front de Gauche | communism |
Jean-Marie LE PEN | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Marine LE PEN | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Gilles LEBRETON | Souveraineté, Indépendance et Libertés | euroscepticism |
Philippe LOISEAU | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Dominique MARTIN | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Bernard MONOT | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Sophie MONTEL | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON | Front de Gauche | communism |
Joëlle MÉLIN | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Younous OMARJEE | L'union pour les Outremer | left-wing radicalism |
Florian PHILIPPOT | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER | Rassemblement bleu Marine | radical right-wing populism |
Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI | Front national | radical right-wing populism |
Marie-Christine VERGIAT | Front de Gauche | communism |
Germany | ||
Klaus BUCHNER | Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei | conservatism |
Fabio DE MASI | Die Linke | left-wing |
Stefan ECK | Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz | environmentalism |
Cornelia ERNST | Die Linke | left-wing |
Martina MICHELS | Die Linke | left-wing |
Marcus PRETZELL | Alternative für Deutschland | euroscepticism |
Helmut SCHOLZ | Die Linke | left-wing |
Udo VOIGT | Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands | neo-Nazism |
Beatrix von STORCH | Alternative für Deutschland | euroscepticism |
Gabriele ZIMMER | Die Linke | left-wing |
Greece | ||
Kostas CHRYSOGONOS | Coalition of the Radical Left | left-wing radicalism |
Georgios EPITIDEIOS | Popular Association – Golden Dawn | neo-Nazism |
Lampros FOUNTOULIS | Popular Association – Golden Dawn | neo-Nazism |
Emmanouil GLEZOS | Coalition of the Radical Left | left-wing radicalism |
Georgios KATROUGKALOS | Coalition of the Radical Left | left-wing radicalism |
Kostadinka KUNEVA | Coalition of the Radical Left | left-wing radicalism |
Notis MARIAS | Independent Greeks | radical right-wing populism |
Konstantinos PAPADAKIS | Communist Party of Greece | communism |
Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS | Coalition of the Radical Left | left-wing radicalism |
Sofia SAKORAFA | Coalition of the Radical Left | left-wing radicalism |
Eleytherios SYNADINOS | Popular Association – Golden Dawn | neo-Nazism |
Sotirios ZARIANOPOULOS | Communist Party of Greece | communism |
Hungary | ||
Zoltán BALCZÓ | Jobbik | right-wing extremism |
Krisztina MORVAI | Jobbik | right-wing extremism |
Ireland | ||
Lynn BOYLAN | Sinn Féin | social democracy |
Matt CARTHY | Sinn Féin | social democracy |
Liadh NÍ RIADA | Sinn Féin | social democracy |
Italy | ||
Mara BIZZOTTO | Lega Nord | radical right-wing populism |
Mario BORGHEZIO | Lega Nord | radical right-wing populism |
Gianluca BUONANNO | Lega Nord | radical right-wing populism |
Lorenzo FONTANA | Lega Nord | radical right-wing populism |
Eleonora FORENZA | Lista Tsipras-L'Altra Europa | social democracy |
Curzio MALTESE | Lista Tsipras-L'Altra Europa | social democracy |
Matteo SALVINI | Lega Nord | radical right-wing populism |
Barbara SPINELLI | Lista Tsipras-L'Altra Europa | social democracy |
Latvia | ||
Tatjana ŽDANOKA | Latvijas Krievu savienība | social democracy |
Netherlands | ||
Marcel de GRAAFF | Partij voor de Vrijheid | radical right-wing populism |
Dennis de JONG | Socialistische Partij | social democracy |
Anja HAZEKAMP | Partij voor de Dieren | environmentalism |
Hans JANSEN | Partij voor de Vrijheid | radical right-wing populism |
Vicky MAEIJER | Partij voor de Vrijheid | radical right-wing populism |
Anne-Marie MINEUR | Socialistische Partij | social democracy |
Olaf STUGER | Partij voor de Vrijheid | radical right-wing populism |
Poland | ||
Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ | Nowa Prawica-Janusza Korwin-Mikke | euroscepticism |
Janusz Ryszard KORWIN-MIKKE | Nowa Prawica-Janusza Korwin-Mikke | euroscepticism |
Michał MARUSIK | Nowa Prawica-Janusza Korwin-Mikke | euroscepticism |
Stanisław Józef ŻÓŁTEK | Nowa Prawica-Janusza Korwin-Mikke | euroscepticism |
Portugal | ||
João FERREIRA | Coligação Democrática Unitária | left-wing radicalism |
António MARINHO E PINTO | Partido da Terra | conservatism |
Marisa MATIAS | Bloco de Esquerda | left-wing radicalism |
Miguel VIEGAS | Partido Comunista Português | communism |
Inês Cristina ZUBER | Coligação Democrática Unitária | left-wing radicalism |
Spain | ||
Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN | Izquierda Unida | communism |
Javier COUSO PERMUY | Izquierda Unida | communism |
Pablo ECHENIQUE | Podemos | left-wing |
Pablo IGLESIAS | Podemos | left-wing |
Iosu JUARISTI ABAUNZ | Euskal Herria Bildu | social democracy |
Paloma LÓPEZ | Izquierda Unida | communism |
Tere RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO VÁZQUEZ | Podemos | left-wing |
Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ | Alternativa galega de esquerda en Europa | left-wing nationalism |
Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY | Podemos | left-wing |
Ángela VALLINA | Izquierda Unida | communism |
Sweden | ||
Peter LUNDGREN | Sverigedemokraterna | radical right-wing populism |
Kristina WINBERG | Sverigedemokraterna | radical right-wing populism |
United Kingdom | ||
John Stuart AGNEW | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Tim AKER | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Martina ANDERSON | Sinn Féin | social democracy |
Jonathan ARNOTT | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Janice ATKINSON | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Amjad BASHIR | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Louise BOURS | UKIP | euroscepticism |
James CARVER | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Jane COLLINS | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Bill ETHERIDGE | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Nigel FARAGE | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Raymond FINCH | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Nathan GILL | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Roger HELMER | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Mike HOOKEM | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Diane JAMES | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Paul NUTTALL | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Patrick O'FLYNN | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Margot PARKER | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Julia REID | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Jill SEYMOUR | UKIP | euroscepticism |
Steven WOOLFE | UKIP | euroscepticism |