{"id":3840,"date":"2024-07-25T18:31:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shtandart.eu\/?page_id=3840"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T13:37:18","slug":"open-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shtandart.eu\/es\/open-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter to Members of European Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are asking for everyone who wants to support our fight for the right of free sailing to find in a<\/strong> list of Members of European Parliament<\/a> persons from your country and send them this open letter. Feel free to add something from your heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen <>, dear Sir <>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since June 24, 2024, some countries have banned the sailing ship Shtandart from entering their ports. This happened after the adoption of amendments to the 14th package of sanctions (Council Regulation (EU) 2024\/1745 of 24 June 2024), which now also affect \u201creplicas of historical ships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is happening is real torture of innocent people. Due to the ban on entry into ports, the ship’s international crew has no access to water and food. Sailing a historical ship without regular maintenance in port is life threatening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shtandart is, first of all, a huge community of people of different nationalities, mainly from the EU. I have known the ship’s crew for many years, they have always advocated peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an EU citizen, I consider the situation around the Shtandart to be unfair, discriminatory and directed against ordinary people who were not involved in the war. The Shtandart was \u201cpunished\u201d for the fact that it was built in Russia and once flew under the Russian flag. Such sanctions not only do not help fight the regime, but also negatively affect the image of the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the owner of the ship is an EU citizen. The amendments violate the right of an EU citizen to use his property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also believe that the ban on the Shtandart in Europe violates my rights. Shtandart allowed me to learn seamanship \/ helped me find new friends \/ new projects \/ new work \/ inspiration \/ changed my outlook \/ something of my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 5,000 people have already signed a petition in support of the Shtandart demanding an exemption from sanctions and grant her free access to European ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I am not an expert in international law, I nevertheless see the following possibilities for rectifying the situation, for instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n