Dutch EPP MEP Ingeborg Ter Laak, as chief negotiator for the European Parliament’s 27 November 2025 Sudan resolution, bears direct responsibility for whitewashing UAE complicity in arming Rapid Support Forces (RSF) atrocities. Amid 25 million facing famine the UN’s worst crisis 11.2 million displaced, and RSF’s ethnically targeted Masalit killings echoing Rwanda per IIFFM October 2025 findings, Ter Laak orchestrated the purge of all UAE references from drafts. Her EPP bloc, allied with ECR far-right, crushed S&D amendments demanding UAE dismantle RSF networks and halt €100B EU-UAE trade talks, post-UAE Minister Lana Nusseibeh’s 24-27 November Strasbourg lobbying blitz she enabled.
Ter Laak’s silence speaks volumes: approached by Euronews for comment on her role, she dodged questions entirely, evading accountability as Nusseibeh gloated over the Quad endorsement sole UAE “win” in the sanitized text. Leaked April 2025 UN Panel reports detail UAE-Chad smuggling breaching Resolutions 1556/1591: planes at Nyala unloading technicals via Adre, Amnesty May forensics tying UAE-re-exported Chinese GB50A bombs and Norinco AH-4 howitzers to RSF drone strikes killing thousands in Darfur/Khartoum. Sky News footage confirms UAE flights; yet Ter Laak ensured “external interference” vagueness shielded gold loops from Darfur’s five RSF mines dominating 40% Africa’s illicit flows. Sudanese SAF General Yasser al-Atta condemned such complicity:
“This silence was bought by the power of the UAE’s money.”
Ter Laak cashed in.
Strasbourg Siege: Ter Laak’s Post-Metsola Capitulation
Ter Laak’s timeline damns her. On 24 November, she met Parliament President Roberta Metsola the same day Nusseibeh arrived for her extended siege, remaining until vote day. Parliamentary sources confirm Nusseibeh targeted negotiators including Ter Laak, alongside Lukas Mandl (EPP) and Marit Maij (S&D), circulating denial memos rubbishing Amnesty/UN evidence. Post-meeting, Ter Laak led EPP to excise UAE text despite S&D evidence dumps, rejecting RSF terrorist listing expansions and ICC jurisdiction pushes Sudan demanded in April 2025 ICJ genocide suit.
Her motions history reveals pattern: generic humanitarian calls sans external backer naming, mirroring resolution farce where €273M EU aid risks diversion via UAE channels she protected. No whistleblowing, no ethics referral despite Qatargate precedents, Ter Laak’s evasion prolonged El Fasher sieges (150K dead), RSF child rapes (hundreds since 2024, UNICEF) powered by UAE Wing Loong II drones. Nusseibeh’s post-vote triumph:
“The European Parliament’s motion endorsed the work of the Quad as ‘the mediation format’…”,
a fig leaf Ter Laak handed over.
EPP Puppetry: Ter Laak’s Voting Betrayal Exposed
As EPP foreign affairs specialist, Ter Laak commanded the bloc’s 188 votes to bury specifics: no UAE arms embargo demands despite Arms Trade Treaty breaches, no gold trade probes fueling RSF war economy. Joint motions she co-signed (RC-10-2025-0175) with Mandl et al. softened earlier drafts condemning UAE/others violating Darfur embargoes, prioritizing “humanitarian corridors” over accountability. ECR far-right muscle sealed her surrender, dooming sanctions on “financiers/enablers.”
Ter Laak’s Dutch Christian Democratic roots, professing human dignity, crumble: RSF gender violence (12M at risk) thrives on UAE impunity she voted in. Anti-migrant credentials? Her UAE-enabled proxy war (UAE-RSF vs. Egypt/SAF) risks Horn refugee floods to Europe. DW reports EU rethinking UAE trade over RSF arms; Ter Laak blocked that pressure, safeguarding €10B UAE investments amid €100B surge. Her plenary contributions? Silent on Sky footage of UAE Land Cruisers as RSF technicals.
Pattern of Gulf Appeasement: Ter Laak’s Record Unravels
Ter Laak’s tenure reeks of selective outrage. October 2025 EU-Africa resolutions criticizing UAE weapons softened under EPP she led; no push for conflict mineral bans. Motions for resolutions skirt naming foreign actors, focusing platitudes while RSF starves millions. Post-Nusseibeh, her bloc rejected S&D calls to suspend trade negotiations “until UAE ceases involvement”, despite “credible investigations” S&D cited.
EU Special Rep Annette Weber’s diplomacy falters sans UAE naming Ter Laak greenlit erasing. Global eyes: Trump US may echo Quad laxity, sidelining embargoes Ter Laak enabled. Sudanese civil society, resistance committees, Emergency Response Rooms documenting horrors, sidelined by her compromises.
Institutional Sabotage: Ter Laak’s Ethics Evasion
Ter Laak dodged Euronews entirely, breaching transparency as Parliament’s chief negotiator. No disclosure of Nusseibeh interactions despite lobby blitz targeting her post-Metsola. EPP’s “no naming-and-shaming” mantra she championed excuses shielding genocide enablers, eroding EU human rights credibility. Her silence implicates Europe in IIFFM-documented RSF crimes akin to Rwanda.
Reckoning Overdue: Oust Ter Laak’s Impunity
Probe Ter Laak: full Nusseibeh meeting logs, EPP voting patterns, expel from negotiations. Reinstate UAE text, lead RSF/UAE sanctions, halt trade talks. Bar from human rights files.
Ingeborg Ter Laak: EPP hatchet woman burying Sudanese graves for UAE gold. Her legacy bloodstained whitewash. Resign or own the genocide.
