Menschenrechte und Demokratie in der Welt und die Politik der Europäischen Union in diesem Bereich – Jahresbericht 2025

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1. Änderungsantrag 1Abgelehnt

   Recital M a (new)

   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +9 · PfE

   Hinzugefügt: Ma. whereas the Sahel region has become a hotspot for forced displacement and mass killings, with Nigeria at its epicentre; whereas radical Islamist violence in Nigeria has driven more than 3 million people from their homes, while terror groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP have begun employing drones to hunt down Christians fleeing violence; whereas in June 2025, in Benue State (Nigeria), more than 200 Christians were massacred by radical Islamist militants, to the total indifference of the international media; whereas since 2009, more than 185 000 Nigerians have been killed, including 125 000 Christians, more than 19 100 churches destroyed, over 1 100 Christian communities displaced and more than 20 000 square miles of land seized; whereas in 2025, more than 7 000 Christians were killed across Nigeria in the first 220 days alone, with an average of 100 churches attacked every month and 32 Christians murdered every day;

2. Änderungsantrag 2Abgelehnt

   Recital M b (new)

   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +9 · PfE

   Hinzugefügt: Mb. whereas in 2024, according to Open Doors, more than 380 million Christians faced persecution, harassment or discrimination; whereas in 2024, 4 476 were killed and 4 744 arrested on account of their faith; whereas these acts of violence are mainly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in the Sahel region, as well as in parts of Asia, where restrictions on and hostility towards Christians are sharply increasing;

3. Änderungsantrag 3Abgelehnt

   Paragraph 10 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +8 · PfE

   Hinzugefügt: 10a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to stop financing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are complicit in facilitating illegal migration; underlines that private entities must not engage in search and rescue operations in breach of national laws; reiterates that funding to such organisations, which effectively operate as illegal shuttle services for migrant smuggling, should be blocked; reiterates its call to hold these NGOs criminally liable for human smuggling and trafficking;

4. Änderungsantrag 4Abgelehnt

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   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +9 · PfE

   21. Entfernt: Reiterates the need for the EU and its Hinzugefügt: Firmly rejects the proposal to grant the EU a permanent seat in all multilateral forums, which would limit the ability of Member States to Entfernt: speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums in order to effectively tackle global challenges to human rights and democracy in these forums and to support the strongest possible language in line with international human rights standards; stresses that the current multilateral order needs to fully incorporate in its architecture global actors focusing on democracy and human rights such as the EU; calls therefore for the EU and its Member States to work towards ensuring a permanent seat for the EU in multilateral forums, particularly in the UN Security Council in addition to existing Member States’ seats; Hinzugefügt: act in their national interests and weaken their national sovereignty; stresses that conferring state-like attributes to the EU constitutes a direct threat to the sovereignty of Member States and represents a further step towards federalisation; recalls that, in accordance with Article 24(1) TEU and the relevant Declarations of the 2007 Intergovernmental Conference, the provisions of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) do not allow the EU to encroach on the competencies of Member States, including in conducting their foreign policy, managing their national diplomatic services, maintaining relations with non-EU countries, or participating in international organiations, including the United Nations Security Council;

5. Änderungsantrag 5Abgelehnt

   Paragraph 43

   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +9 · PfE

   43. Reiterates Entfernt: its support for increasing the Hinzugefügt: that the GHRSR must remain a strictly targeted instrument for the Union’s external action, to be used solely against countries, individuals, and entities that directly engage in hostile acts against one or more Member States of the European Union, or in response to clear and serious human rights abuses; stresses that unanimity in the Council must be maintained for all decisions related to the adoption of sanctions under the CFSP, in accordance with Article 24(1) of the Treaty on European Union, so that the national interests and foreign policy priorities of individual Member States are not impacted against their will; warns that any move towards qualified majority voting in the context of the GHRSR constitutes a direct challenge to the sovereignty of Member States and the intergovernmental nature of the Union’s external action; further warns against any ideological or expansive use of the Entfernt: GHRSR, along with other ad hoc sanctions frameworks, as a key political EU policy tool promoting the rule of law, democracy and human rights, which complements other judicial instruments; calls for the EU and its Member States to expand the scope of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), to include acts of corruption – as already requested several times by Parliament – and systematic listings for perpetrators of transnational repression, including those targeting diaspora communities; recalls, however, the limitations and slowness of the current decision-making system for these instruments’ activation and the loopholes in enforcement mechanisms that allow circumvention; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for decisions on the GHRSR; calls for an equal, principled and complete enforcement of sanctions and for circumventions to be tackled; Hinzugefügt: GHRSR that is disconnected from the Union’s core strategic priorities;

6. Änderungsantrag 6Abgelehnt

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   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +8 · PfE

   Hinzugefügt: 56a. Calls on the Council to halt further migration from radical Islamic countries, such as Afghanistan, as it risks importing fundamentalist practices that undermine, in particular, women’s rights in Europe; urges Member States to halt the mass influx of migrants from such countries, largely composed of young adult males, and to swiftly enforce readmission agreements to return illegal migrants and those posing a threat to security within the EU;

7. Änderungsantrag 7Abgelehnt

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   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +9 · PfE

   60. Calls for the protection of civilians at all times Entfernt: during armed conflicts and for the creation of humanitarian corridors, when necessary, in order Hinzugefügt: in situations of armed conflict and for humanitarian corridors to be established in neighbouring countries, when necessary, to allow civilians to escape conflicts, Entfernt: and Hinzugefügt: in accordance with international humanitarian law and relevant UN guidelines, and to ensure that such mechanisms do not result in abuses and mass inflows of refugees into the European Union, which could encourage further massive waves of migration; strongly condemns any attacks on civilians; Entfernt: calls for more effective protection of journalists and human rights defenders during armed conflicts, as they are particularly targeted for their work in documenting human rights abuses; emphasises that mothers and children are at an increased risk of starvation and malnutrition;

8. Änderungsantrag 8Abgelehnt

   Paragraph 66

   Eingereicht von Matthieu Valet, Paolo Borchia, Mieke Andriese +9 · PfE

   66. Entfernt: Calls on its Hinzugefügt: Firmly rejects any initiative from EU institutional partners to explore new avenues Entfernt: to improve decision-making, including qualified majority voting, and, when more flexible approaches are employed, such as the Team Europe approach, Hinzugefügt: for reviewing decision-making, particularly through qualified majority voting; recalls that the national interests and foreign policy priorities of the Member States vary significantly, which can lead to inconsistent application of the Union’s external action tools; underlines, in this regard, that the requirement for unanimity in the Council serves as an essential safeguard to ensure that Entfernt: human rights are sufficiently guaranteed; Hinzugefügt: no Member State is bound by foreign policy decisions that run counter to its fundamental interests; stresses that any attempt to introduce qualified majority voting would constitute a direct challenge to the intergovernmental nature of the Union’s external action and a serious erosion of Member State sovereignty, in accordance with Article 24(1) TEU;

9. Änderungsantrag 11Abgelehnt

   Paragraph 18 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Tomasz Froelich · ESN

   Hinzugefügt: 18a. Recalls that Christians are the most persecuted religious group worldwide, with more than 380 million Christians being subjected to high or extreme levels of persecution in 2025;

10. Änderungsantrag 12Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 27

    Eingereicht von Tomasz Froelich · ESN

    27. Entfernt: Reiterates the EU’s strong support for Hinzugefügt: Is concerned that the systematic pro-migration rulings of the European Court of Human Entfernt: Rights; urges all signatory States to the European Convention on Human Rights to fully abide by the rulings of the Court; Hinzugefügt: Rights (ECtHR) have left little leeway for returns and make it impossible to effectively combat illegal migration; considers that the ECtHR is placing the individual needs of deportees above public safety and the common good; insists that it is up to the elected governments in Europe to decide whether immigrants may reside on their territory;

11. Änderungsantrag 15Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 53 b (new)

    Eingereicht von Tomasz Froelich · ESN

    Hinzugefügt: 53b. Is worried about the continuous politicisation of UN agencies, human rights mechanisms and committees; notes that the EU and its Member States collectively make the single largest contribution to the UN system; notes that in 2024, the EU provided approximately EUR 3.9 billion in voluntary contributions to the UN; calls for a fundamental debate on the way taxes, paid by citizens of the Member States, are spent by the UN and whether the EU should continue to fund the UN to this extent; calls for the EU to review its support for and participation in UN bodies, in particular those from which the President of the United States has announced the intention to withdraw;

12. Änderungsantrag 16Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 78

    Eingereicht von Tomasz Froelich · ESN

    78. Entfernt: Recalls that the leadership Hinzugefügt: Is concerned that the Digital Services Act (DSA) is being used to introduce a pan-European censorship regime, and to decide what can or cannot circulate on social media; considers that this development undermines legitimate democratic discourse and suppresses free speech; views the imposition by the Commission of a EUR 120 million fine on the X as an example of the enforcement of the EU Entfernt: with regard to AI and digital diplomacy is crucial to promote models that ensure high human right standards, as well as for its relevance and resilience; calls, in this regard, for the EU to scale up its digital and AI diplomacy, to enforce the Digital Services Act9 and ensure that technology companies and social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address transnational repression, including against HRDs; calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure that private actors that are enabling digital transnational repression, particularly in the technology sector, are held accountable; 9 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj). Hinzugefügt: censorship regime and warns that the DSA risks censoring global speech;

13. Änderungsantrag 19Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 2 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Charlie Weimers, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen +4 · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: 2a. Considers a restrictive migration policy an essential policy tool to ensure safe and orderly societies in which human rights can continue to be upheld;

14. Änderungsantrag 21Angenommen

    Paragraph 5 b (new)

    Eingereicht von Cristian Terheş, Arkadiusz Mularczyk · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: 5b. Stresses the importance of combating all forms of sexual exploitation of women, including trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation; underlines the need to prevent and counter the legalisation and normalisation of prostitution, which risk reinforcing exploitation, abuse and organised crime; calls for effective policies focused on prevention, protecting and supporting victims, and the prosecution of those who profit from sexual exploitation;

15. Änderungsantrag 27Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 27

    Eingereicht von Charlie Weimers, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen +4 · ECR

    27. Entfernt: Reiterates the EU’s strong support for Hinzugefügt: Considers it essential to reform the European Court of Human Entfernt: Rights; Hinzugefügt: Rights and urges all signatory States to the European Convention on Human Rights to Entfernt: fully abide Hinzugefügt: prioritise the security of citizens over fully abiding by the rulings of the Court;

16. Änderungsantrag 28Abgelehnt

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    Eingereicht von Nicolas Bay, Marion Maréchal, Guillaume Peltier +2 · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: 29a. Recalls that Türkiye exercises military control over nearly 40 % of the territory of the island of Cyprus, in violation of international law; regrets the lack of a firm response from the EU, in particular through the adoption of sanctions, against the Government of Türkiye, which supports and remains the only official entity to recognise the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus;

17. Änderungsantrag 32Angenommen

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    Eingereicht von Nicolas Bay, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu +2 · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: 81a. Regrets that, while Christianity remains the most persecuted religion in the world today, with more than 380 million people affected, there is no European coordinator responsible for combating Christianophobia, even though a coordinator has been appointed to combat Islamophobia;

18. Änderungsantrag 35Abgelehnt

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    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +4 · The Left

    … faces unprecedented threats and attacks; strongly deplores the decision made by some Entfernt: countries Hinzugefügt: countries, such as the United States, to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that … those delivering humanitarian aid, as well as the attacks on peacekeeping missions; Hinzugefügt: denounces the US decision to revoke or deny visas to the Palestinian authorities in the framework of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly and reminds the US that it is bound by the 1947 Headquarters Agreement, which regulates its responsibilities as host to the UN Assembly, to allow access to UN members and officials;

19. Änderungsantrag 36Abgelehnt

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    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 22a. Strongly condemns the growing disrespect for international law and in particular the ongoing genocide committed by the Israeli authorities in the Gaza Strip; denounces the atrocities, war crimes and serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law, including mass starvation, committed by the Israeli authorities in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria;

20. Änderungsantrag 37Abgelehnt

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    Eingereicht von Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero, Marc Botenga +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 22b. Denounces the fact that, since the start of the alleged ceasefire on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 442 Palestinians and wounded another 1 235, and continues to restrict humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip; demands a real and unconditional ceasefire and the entry of necessary humanitarian aid;

21. Änderungsantrag 38Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 22 c (new)

    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 22c. Strongly condemns Israel’s colonial settlements and its continued expansion, which violates international law and fuels Palestinian resentment; notes that according to national and international NGOs, the system of oppression and domination that the Israeli Government imposes on the Palestinian population in all areas under its control and on Palestinian refugees constitutes apartheid and is prohibited by international law; recalls the opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on 19 July 2024, which concluded that the State of Israel ‘is under an obligation to immediately cease all new settlement activities and to evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory’; calls on the EU Member States to demand that Israel fully end the occupation of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, and thereby pave the way for peace; reaffirms the fundamental right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, as recognised by the UN Charter;

22. Änderungsantrag 39Abgelehnt

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    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 22d. Is deeply worried by the United States’ aggression and blatant violation of international law, following its abduction of the Venezuelan President and his wife Cilia Flores; calls for their immediate liberation; notes with deep concern that the United States violated the UN Charter three times in this incident, with military aggression against a country, the abduction of a sitting head of state and the bombing of civilians;

23. Änderungsantrag 42Abgelehnt

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    Eingereicht von Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero, Danilo Della Valle +4 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 29a. Deplores the flagrant human rights violations committed in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, including the violation of freedom of expression and assembly, the torture and ill-treatment reported by political prisoners, the unfair trials, the repression during demonstrations (including cases of torture and killings), and the prohibition of free entry to the occupied territories for observers and the international press; stresses that Western Sahara is a separate and distinct territory in relation to any State, including Morocco; strongly calls for the EU and its Member States to support the self-determination and decolonisation efforts of the Sahrawi people by ensuring an urgent, just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, based on the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; recalls the CJEU rulings declaring the EU-Morocco Association Agreement inapplicable to Western Sahara owing to the lack of consent from the Sahrawi people, and urges the EU and its Member States to suspend the EU-Morocco Association Agreement;

24. Änderungsantrag 44Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 57

    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +4 · The Left

    … activate the blocking statute to protect the ICC from the consequences of Entfernt: sanctions Hinzugefügt: unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and enable its continued operation in full independence; calls on the Member …

25. Änderungsantrag 45Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 57 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 57a. Calls on the Member States to support the ICJ, and in particular the initiative of the Republic of South Africa to prosecute Israel for war crimes and genocide in Gaza; demands that Israel immediately comply with the legally binding orders issued by the ICJ, whereby it ordered Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians and let necessary aid enter Gaza;

26. Änderungsantrag 46Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 83 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Rima Hassan, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 83a. Stresses that the EU-Israel Association Agreement is, according to Article 2 thereof, based on the fulfilment of human rights obligations and emphasises these as a guiding principle; notes that Israel stands accused of genocide and calls, therefore, for the immediate termination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement;

27. Änderungsantrag 48Abgelehnt

    Paragraph 83 c (new)

    Eingereicht von Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero, Rima Hassan +5 · The Left

    Hinzugefügt: 83c. Calls on the Member States to immediately stop arms exports to Israel in line with Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP; warns that states that support Israel with arms shipments can now be pursued before the ICJ for aiding and abetting genocide against Palestinians in violation of Article 3(e) of the Genocide Convention, which criminalises complicity;