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The '''European Parliament resolution of 19 September 2019 on the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe''' was a resolution of the [[European Parliament]] adopted on 19 September 2019 with 535 votes in favor, 66 against, and 52 abstentions, which called for remembrance of [[totalitarian]] crimes and condemned [[propaganda]] that denies or glorifies totalitarian crimes, and linked such propaganda to Russian [[information warfare]] against "democratic Europe."<ref name="EP" />

== Content and background ==
The resolution stated that "the Nazi and communist regimes carried out [[mass murder]]s, [[genocide]] and [[deportation]]s and caused a loss of life and freedom in the 20th century on a scale unseen in human history." It condemned Russian state "[[Propaganda in the Russian Federation|propaganda]] [that continues] to whitewash communist crimes and glorify the Soviet totalitarian regime" and condemned "the current Russian leadership [for distorting] historical facts and [whitewashing] crimes committed by the Soviet totalitarian regime", which the resolution described as an "[[information war]] waged against democratic Europe." The resolution stressed that there is "an urgent need to raise awareness, carry out moral assessments and conduct legal inquiries into the crimes of Stalinism and other dictatorships", called on "Russian society to come to terms with its tragic past", condemned the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]] and highlighted the importance of the [[Black Ribbon Day|European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism]]. The resolution also expressed concern over the "use of symbols of totalitarian regimes in the public sphere" and called for the removal of monuments and memorials "glorifying totalitarian regimes."<ref name="EP" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.err.ee/986252/european-parliament-ties-denial-of-totalitarian-crimes-to-information-wars|title= European Parliament ties denial of totalitarian crimes to information wars |date=2019-09-27|publisher=[[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1099086/ep-calls-to-counter-russia-s-attempts-to-whitewash-soviet-crimes-and-rewrite-history|title= EP calls to counter Russia's attempts to whitewash Soviet crimes and rewrite history |date=2019-09-19|publisher=[[Lithuanian National Radio and Television|LRT]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/2370604,MEPs-condemn-1939-SovietGerman-pact-that-aimed-to-carve-up-Poland-Europe|title= MEPs condemn 1939 Soviet-German pact that aimed to carve up Poland, Europe |date=2019-09-19|publisher=[[Polskie Radio]]}}</ref>

The resolution was sponsored by the [[European People's Party group]], the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] group, the liberal [[Renew Europe]] group and the [[European Conservatives and Reformists]] group.<ref name="EP">{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0021_EN.html |title= European Parliament resolution of 19 September 2019 on the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe |date=2019-09-19|publisher=[[European Parliament]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/eu-affairs/128084/eu-day-of-remembrance-for-the-victims-of-totalitarian-and-authoritarian-regimes/ |title= EU Day of Remembrance for the victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes |date=2020-08-23|website=[[The Brussels Times]]}}</ref> The resolution is considered part of the emergence of an anti-communist political culture in the European Union.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Dujisin |first1=Zoltan |year=2020|title=A history of post-communist remembrance: from memory politics to the emergence of a field of anticommunism |journal= Theory and Society|volume=50 |pages=65–96 |doi= 10.1007/s11186-020-09401-5|doi-access=free}}</ref> Russia reacted strongly to the resolution, with President [[Vladimir Putin]] calling it "absolutely unacceptable."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.radio.cz/eu-russia-row-over-wwii-poles-and-czechs-front-lines-8109984 |title= EU, Russia row over WWII, with Poles and Czechs on front lines |date=2020-01-22|publisher=[[Radio Prague]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-slams-eu-resolution-stating-nazi-soviet-pact-paved-way-for-wwii/30176278.html|title= Russia Slams EU Resolution Stating Nazi-Soviet Pact 'Paved Way' For WWII |date=2019-08-21|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/vladimir-putin-condemns-eu-stance-on-nazi-soviet-wwii-pact/a-51636197|title= Vladimir Putin condemns EU stance on Nazi-Soviet WWII pact |date=2019-12-11|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50918434|title= Why Vladimir Putin is angry at Poland |date=2019-12-26|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/68710418-2d69-11ea-a126-99756bd8f45e|title= Russia is once again rewriting history |date=2020-01-05|work=[[The Financial Times]]|last1= Barber |first1= Tony }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/21/vladimir-putin-wants-to-rewrite-the-history-of-world-war-ii/
|title= Vladimir Putin Wants to Rewrite the History of World War II|date=2020-01-21|work=[[Foreign Policy]]}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted that the resolution "came after a concerted effort from the Russian foreign ministry earlier [in 2019] to rehabilitate the 1939 Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/30/polish-pm-furious-at-putin-rewriting-history-of-second-world-war|title= Polish PM furious at Putin rewriting history of second world war |date=2019-12-30|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 2020, the foreign ministers of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the United States accused Putin of falsifying history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/us-accuses-russia-of-falsifying-wwii-history/|title= US accuses Russia of "falsifying WWII history" |date=2020-08-07|publisher=[[Atlantic Council]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests]]
* [[Propaganda in the Russian Federation]]
* [[Russian web brigades]]

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