European Parliament
Alexander Mirsky  (S&D ),
in writing.
– With the threat of piracy in the Indian Ocean, particularly in the Horn of Africa, a continued major danger to regional development and stability, world trade, maritime transport and shipping including fishing vessels, the resolution calls for better coordination on the issue and for the following in particular: measures to address the root causes of the problem, and to achieve the liberation of seafarers held hostage by pirates, as well as a harmonised EU approach to the use of certified armed personnel on board; plans for the future of the EU-NAVFOR Atalanta mission, especially considering that the number of naval assets operating in the mission has decreased; actions at international level (UN, IMO) to improve cooperation in the fight against maritime piracy; and traceability and confiscation of ransoms paid and placed in bank accounts in EU Member States and action to convince third countries to take equivalent measures so that ransoms from piracy can no longer be placed in third-country bank accounts. In that sense, the report coincides with my position. I am in favour.

