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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2703(RSP)) 2026-04-27

On new Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities

on behalf of the ECR Group · Rapporteur: Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Mariusz Kamiński, Reinis Pozņaks, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Alberico Gambino, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Ivaylo Valchev, Michał Dworczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Alexandr Vondra, Bogdan Rzońca, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová

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This resolution condemns China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress as forced assimilation, violating minority rights, and calls for its reversal and international scrutiny. It urges the Council to use sanctions against responsible officials and requests a UN report on the law's impact.

Key points

  1. Condemns the law as a draconian forced-assimilation measure providing a statutory basis for policies violating cultural, religious and linguistic rights.
  2. Expresses grave concern that Article 15 may criminalise efforts to preserve minority languages and identities, undermining fundamental rights and international obligations.
  3. Deplores the extraterritorial provisions of the law as a form of transnational repression.
  4. Denounces increasing restriction of religious practices through 'Sinicisation', including interference in recognition of Tibetan Buddhist leaders, and calls for resumption of Sino-Tibetan dialogue.
  5. Urges the PRC government to reverse forced assimilation policies and ensure compliance with constitutional guarantees and international human rights obligations.
  6. Urges the Council to use the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against officials responsible for implementing these policies.
  7. Requests the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on the law's impact on minority communities.

Who is affected

  • Minority communities in China, including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, and others, whose languages, cultures, and religious practices are targeted.
  • Chinese officials responsible for implementing the law, who may face EU sanctions.

Figures and deadlines

  • 1 July 2026: the law takes effect.

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