ALIYEV INSULTS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - SILENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY - THE COMMISSION LOOKS THE OTHER WAY (LIBERTAS)
- May 4
- 2 min read
Updated: 20 hours ago
European Parliament: 14 resolutions shelved by the European Commission
On May 4, during the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, in a highly inflammatory speech*, President Aliyev accused the European Parliament of adopting 14 resolutions “filled with insults and lies about Azerbaijan.” He portrayed the latest resolution**, dated April 30, as a “provocation” aimed at “dragging the region into war.”
In this case, these “insults, lies, and provocations” refer to the European Parliament’s legitimate demands for the release of Armenian prisoners, the right to a safe return for residents expelled from Artsakh, and holding those responsible for the destruction of Armenian cultural and religious heritage accountable—all accompanied by the establishment of an international assessment mission.
Aliyev continued his offensive by announcing the Azerbaijani Parliament’s suspension of all cooperation with the European Parliament, as well as its withdrawal from the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
The brutality of his remarks prompted a strong reaction from European Parliament President Roberta Metsola***, who reminded the dictator of the democratic nature of the European Parliament, whose positions Europeans are determined to defend unwaveringly.
LIBERTAS deplores the fact that the President of the European Parliament was the only one in the entire audience to respond to this verbal aggression by the despot of Baku.
Could this be out of fear of offending Ilham Aliyev so as not to jeopardize her privileged relationship with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who had described him as a “reliable partner” of Europe in the aftermath of the war crimes he committed in 2020—a veritable prelude to the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023?
LIBERTAS notes a parallel between this silence in the face of the vilification of the supreme democratic institution representing the peoples of the EU and the European executive’s disregard for the 14 parliamentary resolutions concerning ethnic cleansing, the right of Armenians to return to their lands, and the necessary release of the 20 Armenian prisoners sentenced to harsh terms following sham trials, all marred by violations of the fundamental rights of these state hostages.
To date, by refusing to fulfill its obligations, the Commission is siding with an autocrat who, with complete impunity, rejects the EU’s democratic operating principles.
LIBERTAS commends the exemplary commitment of the European Parliament and calls on the executive branch to implement the resolutions of the European democratic body in its dealings with Azerbaijan.
Without this adjustment, Europeans would fail to understand that, unlike in the conflict in Ukraine, commercial interests take precedence over democracy and justice in the case of Azerbaijan.
To this day, they do not understand the European Commission’s refusal to impose sanctions on a genocidal leader, and even less so its silence in the face of the humiliation suffered and the undermining of the European democratic system by a despot.
LIBERTAS is working for the release of Armenian state hostages and the rehabilitation of freed prisoners.
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*https://fr.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/04/en-armenie-le-president-azerbaidjanais-regle-ses-comptes-avec-lue
**European Parliament resolution of April 30, 2026 in English: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-10-2026-0195_EN.html
***Roberta Metsola’s response to Aliyev, watch the video: https://youtu.be/I63AYgQME0w?si=YN4bkZyJDcFePRQI
