Die Stop-ReArm Kampagne, an der sich die IMI beteiligt, hat einen offenen Brief mit dem Titel “Move the money from war to peace!“ formuliert der hier heruntergeladen werden kann, in den eigenen Briefkopf eingefügt und mit Unterschrift an Parlamentarier:innen des Europaparlaments gesendet werden soll. Die Adressen der Parlamentarier:innen könne durch eine Suche hier herausgefunden werden, in dem man das eigene Land und die gewünschte Fraktion eingibt. (Vertreter:innen der rechtsextremen, Fraktionen Renew Europe, Patriots of Europe etc., sollen ihn nicht bekommen.)
Der Brief ist derzeit auf Englisch und Spanisch verfügbar, weitere Übersetzungen sind erwünscht und können mit dem Betreff „translation [übersetzte Sprache]“ an contact@stoprearm.org gesendet werden.
Der offene Brief dieser Koalition aus 800 zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen fordert die MEPs auf: „move the money from war to peace, in order to create the environmental, economic, social, political and diplomatic conditions for positive peace, human security and common security. …
- Reject the 2026 budget at the plenary vote next week, and ask for:
- a restart of negotiations to reduce subsidies for the arms industry and increase allocations to diplomacy and peaceful conflict prevention and resolution as a matter of urgency
- the end of all exemption clauses that prevent the normal parliamentary oversight on all military-related programmes
- Defend the social and environmental norms as well as ethical standards by opposing different proposals of the ‘omnibus for defence’, in particular:
- prevent the EU Defence Fund to start funding testing activities outside Europe, as this would allow to use EU’s taxpayers’ money for testing weapons and military technologies in any war zone such as Gaza and Ukraine;
- object before 29 November the proposal to limit the definition of controversial weapons to prohibited weapons, as long as the EU funds the development of disruptive weaponry;
- reject the easing of arms transfers within the EU which contradicts EU countries obligations under international law;
- reject the extension of exemptions and derogations to labour, chemicals, environmental and other norms in favour of the arms industry;
- reject the easing of reporting obligations on the arms industry within existing corporate responsibility and sustainability frameworks
- Reject the current proposal of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2028-2034) with regard to the following aspects:
- reject the Competitiveness Fund allocating €130 billions for arms and militarised space.
- reject the diversion of civil programmes, in particular civil research like Horizon as well as digital, mobility, Cohesion and other programmes, for military purposes.
- reallocate these funds to strengthening diplomacy and external aid, with a clear focus on fighting climate change, poverty and inequality as well as on protecting human rights…
- Strongly oppose current pressures to significantly limit the capacity and legitimacy of civil society actors to counterbalance corporate influence at EU level; the current balance of power is already heavily skewed in favour of corporate interests, and further marginalising civil society voices poses a direct threat to democratic debate in the public interest.“
