‘Učinite pokolj dupina ključnim u trgovačkim pregovorima s Japanom’
Marianne Thieme poziva kabinet da tokom trgovačkih pregovora s Japanom pokolj dupina i kitova učini ključnim elementom sporazuma. Thiema je o tome postavila i zastupničko pitanje.
Japan je ove godine usmrtio već 333 kitova, od kojih je 200 bilo trudno. Kontroverzni pokolj dupina koji se svake godine održava u Taiji već je započeo. Od 18. do22. listopada odvijat će se trgovački pregovori između Nizozemske i Japana. Vođa stranke Marianne Thieme (Stranka za životinje) poziva kabinet preko zastupničkih pitanja da ove pokolje kitova i dupina učini ključnim elementima u ekonomskim pregovorima.
Thieme: “Trgovački sporazumi ne smiju nadilaziti norme i vrijednosti. Nizozemska će tokom pregovora u Japanu morati jasno dati do znanja da se lov na kitove i pokolj dupina ne uklapaju u trgovačke pregovore.”
Europski parlament je nedavno je kraj japanskog kitolova povezao s pregovorima koje Japan trenutno vodi s EU o strateškom partnerstvu i sporazumu o slobodnoj trgovini.
Marianne Thieme is calling on the cabinet to call Japan to account during the trade mission for its whale and dolphin slaughters and to make it a breaking point during the negotiations on the free trade agreement with Japan. Thieme asked Parliamentary Questions on this.
Japan already killed 333 whales this year, of which 200 were pregnant. The controversial dolphin slaughters that take place in Taiji every year have recently started. A Dutch trade mission will take place in Japan from 18 to 22 October next. Party chairman Marianne Thieme (Party for the Animals) is calling on the cabinet by Parliamentary Questions to make the whale slaughters a breaking point of the economic negotiations.
Thieme: “Trade interests should never be more important than standards and values. The Netherlands will have to make clear during the trade mission in Japan that whale hunting and dolphin slaughters are incompatible with a future trade relationship.”
The European Parliament recently linked the end of the Japanese whale hunt to the negotiations that the EU is currently conducting with Japan on a strategic partnership agreement and free trade agreement.