The European parliament has overwhelmingly passed a 28-point resolution calling on EU diplomats to decline all government and diplomatic invitations to the 2022 Winter Olympics unless the Chinese government demonstrates a verifiable improvement human rights abuses in Hong Kong, the Xinjiang Uyghur region, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and elsewhere in China.
In escalating tensions between the EU and China, the non-binding resolution also called for governments to impose further sanctions, provide emergency visas to Hong Kong journalists and further support Hongkongers to move to Europe.
It was passed with 578 votes in favor to 29 against, with 73 abstentions, and was supported by all of Europe’s mainstream politicians, including the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the France’s Emmanuel Macron.