Press Release: Parliament calls for tougher arms export regime

The European Parliament's plenary session approved on 17 December 2015 a resolution calling for member states to apply the European Union's eight-point code on arms exports more rigorously, particularly with the changed security environment in the EU's neighbourhood.

MEPs stressed that these trade flows were not in the EU's direct security interests and national political and economic considerations could not override decision-making on export licences.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU rules on control of arms exports http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-rules-on-control-of-arms-exports/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 16.12.15: Stricter arms controls: 'Weapons we sold can be used against us' http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20151215STO07565/

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