The Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers submitted the application in this matter on Thursday. PiS belongs to the EKR in the EK. As Weimers said, Kirk's death shocked the whole world. “We must strongly condemn politically motivated violence,” added the Swedish MEP. Some deputies in the room got up. Then there were screams on this side of the EP, where the leftist fractions sit.
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PE did not agree for a minute of silence
In response to the request of Weimers, the deputy head of the EP KATARINA BARLEY from a group of socialists and democrats – who conducted the meeting – replied that this case was discussed by the management of the EP and The chairwoman of the Chamber Robert Metsool did not agree for a minute of silence for Kirk. “This is a prerogative of the chairman to decide whether there will be a minute of silence or there will be a minute of silence,” Barley said.
In response to the words of Barley, the protests appeared in the right -wing part of the EP.
“It is a scandal that the Presidium of the European Parliament rejected the conclusion of the EKR Group to celebrate a minute of silence of Charlie Kirk's memory, and even tried to ignore this gesture during a plenary session. Common values should include respect for human dignity, the value of life and condemnation of crime” – wrote on platform X PiS MEP Piotr Müller (PiS).
The close ally of President Donald Trump, 31-year-old Kirk, died on Wednesday after being shot during a speech at the Utah Valley University. The perpetrator remains at large, and his identity has not yet been established.
