NCRI - Members of the European Parliament called on the French president Nicolas Sarkozy to implement his policy of firmness toward the Iranian regime when France holds the European Union’s presidency in the second half of 2008. Reuters reported from Strasbourg on Thursday.

"I say to the French presidency: talking tough will solve the problem, We must translate into practice," "The first step in this direction is to remove PMOI (People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)) from the list of terrorist organizations," the report quoted Struan Stevenson, a British Conservative MEP and the co-chair, Friends of a Fee Iran, an intergroup in the European Parliament as saying.

Alejo Vidal Quadras, the Spanish Vice-President of the European Parliament said “I believe that there is a consensus on the threat posed by the Iranian regime", advocating “a regime change carried out by the Iranian people and their resistance.”

“Contrary to the past, France adopted a policy of firmness with respect to the mullahs' regime” in Iran, highlighted Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran speaking at the conference, the report added.

“This firmness can be serious only by recognizing the Resistance of the Iranian people ", she said.

The conference was organized by the French Committee for a Democratic Iran (FCDI) and the Friends of a Free Iran.

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (or Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, MEK) is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.