Five MEPs from the European Conservatives and Reformists and the European People's Party have asked the European Commission to clarify the state of EU humanitarian aid in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where a conflict described as one of the deadliest of the 21st century has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced. In a written parliamentary question submitted on 17 June 2026, Nicolas Bay (ECR), Marion Maréchal (ECR), Christophe Gomart (PPE), Waldemar Tomaszewski (ECR), and Ondřej Krutílek (ECR) also pressed the Commission on steps to ensure compliance with the November 2022 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and to support investigations into human rights violations.
The question, filed under Rule 144 of Parliament's rules of procedure, notes that more than 20 million people in Ethiopia still need humanitarian assistance, many in the northern regions including Tigray. The MEPs point to ongoing concerns over civilian safety, humanitarian access, and fundamental rights, as well as tensions over disarmament and the withdrawal of foreign troops. They ask the Commission to outline obstacles to aid delivery, actions to protect civilians and enforce the peace deal, and whether it intends to back mechanisms probing abuses committed during the conflict.
The Commission is expected to reply within approximately six weeks, and its answer will signal the EU's policy direction on engagement with Ethiopian authorities and support for post-conflict recovery. The question targets EU humanitarian funding, diplomatic pressure on parties to the agreement, and potential backing for accountability processes—issues that affect aid organisations operating in the region, Ethiopian civilians, the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces, and EU member states funding relief efforts.