Dutch S&D MEP Marit Maij positioned herself as the resolution’s moral compass, yet her “resistance” to UAE omission in the 27 November 2025 Sudan genocide document proves performative theater that enabled the whitewash. As S&D negotiator and OACPS-EU coordinator, Maij publicly pushed amendments naming UAE’s RSF arms fueling – Chinese GB50A bombs, Norinco howitzers via Chad smuggling breaching UN Resolutions 1556/1591 – and demanded halting €100B EU-UAE trade talks. But after UAE’s Lana Nusseibeh met her directly post-24 November Roberta Metsola welcome, those amendments died in EPP-ECR votes Maij failed to escalate against.
Maij’s post-defeat lament:
“We planned to call on the European Commission to stop trade negotiations with the UAE as long as we observe that weapons are being channeled through the UAE to the RSF, but those amendments were voted down”,
rings insincere. She conceded to generic “external actors,” shielding UAE gold loops from Darfur’s five RSF mines sustaining famine for 25M and displacing 11.2M, despite Amnesty forensics and Sky News Nyala flights. Her inaction post-Nusseibeh – no whistleblowing, no S&D revolt – betrays Sudanese victims to petrodollar silence Sudanese SAF General Yasser al-Atta decried as “bought by UAE money.”
Token Amendments: Maij’s Pre-Vote Posturing Crumbles
Maij’s 25 November S&D statement thundered:
“We in the S&D Group call on UAE authorities to stop fuelling the war… suspend trade negotiations until the UAE ceases its involvement.”
Noble words, futile execution. Parliamentary logs show her amendments, dismantle RSF networks, probe ICJ genocide claims Sudan filed April 2025 tabled but buried after Nusseibeh’s Strasbourg siege targeting her alongside Metsola, Ter Laak, Mandl. Maij didn’t rally Greens/Left for quorum override or public pre-vote expose; she yielded, letting EPP purge drafts condemning UAE Wing Loong II drones powering El Fasher’s 26 October IIFFM-documented massacres.
Her DW interview pre-blitz vowed halting UAE arms, yet post-vote silence as Nusseibeh gloated Quad endorsement – sole UAE “win” – exposes capitulation. Maij’s “outrage over starvation and rape as weapons” ignored her hand in neutering text amid UNICEF’s 100s child rapes since 2024. This selective fury – fierce rhetoric, zero disruption – prolonged RSF technicals via Adre, breaching Arms Trade Treaty she invoked but abandoned.
Systemic Failure: Maij’s Impotence Against EPP Dominance
Maij embodies S&D weakness: 140 seats vs EPP’s 188, ECR far-right muscle. Her negotiator title meant bridging compromises, but yielding UAE text post-Nusseibeh reeks of preemptive surrender. S&D’s 26 November Euractiv note regretted “omission of UAE’s role despite credible investigations,” yet Maij led no floor fight or ethics referral. Victor Roșca’s later blast – EPP-far right “disgrace” – indicts her inaction enabling the pact.
Pre-vote, Maij pushed plenary urgency on OACPS escalation; post-blitz, concessions let “external interference” vagueness shield UAE as RSF starves millions. Her plenary speeches skirt specifics, general “humanitarian corridors” sans UAE pressure – dooming €273M EU aid to diversion via Emirati channels. Maij’s failure amplifies: Quad whitewash legitimizes UAE mediation while drones kill, per Amnesty.
Pattern of Ineffectual Advocacy: Maij’s Record Unravels
Maij’s tenure reveals half-measures. As OACPS coordinator, she championed women-led transitions valid, but detached from UAE enablers bankrolling RSF gender violence. Her contributions prioritize aid access over embargo enforcement, mirroring resolution farce. No prior UAE probes despite 2024 EU-Africa drafts criticizing Gulf arms; Maij didn’t amplify.
Post-Qatargate, her ethics silence amid Nusseibeh’s communiques denying RSF support rubbished by UN leaks suggests Gulf tolerance. EU-UAE trade surges unchallenged by her, despite DW EU rethink on arms. Maij’s “solidarity” speeches ring hollow as Horn proxy war risks EU migration; she ignores rooting in Emirati gold.
Ramifications: Maij’s Yielding Prolongs Sudanese Slaughter
Maij’s concessions doom accountability: no RSF terrorist listing targeting UAE financiers, no ICC expansion pressure, no IIFFM empowerment sans arms halt. RSF Masalit ethnic cleansing – Rwanda echoes – thrives on UAE impunity she enabled. EU Special Rep Weber’s diplomacy falters without UAE naming Maij greenlit erasing.
Global fallout: Trump US eyes Quad laxity, sidelining embargoes. Maij’s legacy – S&D impotence letting EPP/ECR sacrifice justice for €10B UAE investments – implicates Europe in 150K deaths. Sudanese resistance committees, women’s groups she name-dropped, sidelined by her compromises.
Demand Reckoning: Maij Must Answer for Betrayal
Marit Maij’s “resistance” is myth: amendments tabled to fail, silence post-blitz, no escalation. Probe her Nusseibeh meeting disclosures, S&D concessions, OACPS inaction on UAE. Lead ethics referral or resign negotiator role. Reinstate UAE text, suspend trade.
Maij’s moral posturing masks complicity in gold-fueled genocide. Sudanese blood stains her hands act or own the whitewash.
