Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Recital V

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   … including EU Training Mission (EUTM) Mali, regional organizations, as well as MINUSMA; Added: whereas media investigations released on 11 December 2023 reported that several EU border management agencies, in particular Frontex and the Maltese Coast Guard, had cooperated on border management with the eastern Libyan Tareq Bin Zeyad Brigade (TBZ); whereas the investigations document confidential EU reports that acknowledge connections between the TBZ and the Wagner Group, as well as the TBZ’s illicit activities, including human trafficking;

2. Amendment 2Rejected

   Paragraph 56

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   … non-EU states financing or cooperating with private military companies in vulnerable regions; Added: calls on the Commission and the Member States to eliminate any risk of potential cooperation between EU actors and non-state actors in third countries that maintain links to the Wagner Group, including the Libyan Tareq Bin Zeyad Brigade, in order to eliminate the high risk of violating international law, as well as any potential impediment to the EU’s strategic interests;

3. Amendment 3Adopted

   Paragraph 5 a (new)

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   Added: 5a. Urges the larger Member States with significant defence industry capacities, such as France, Spain and Italy, to significantly and urgently increase military assistance to Ukraine;

4. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph 5 b (new)

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   Added: 5b. Calls on the Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to present information to Parliament about the volume and value of past deliveries of military aid to Ukraine, including the audit conducted by the EEAS, and the amount of aid that Member States are willing to commit in 2024;

5. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph 5 c (new)

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   Added: 5c. Stresses the need to link the quantity and quality of military aid delivered by a Member State to Ukraine to the level of subsidies its defence companies receive from the EDF in order to strengthen solidarity and security both within the EU and for Ukraine;

6. Amendment 6Adopted

   Paragraph 5 d (new)

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   Added: 5d. Urges the Member States’ governments to immediately enter into dialogue with defence companies in order to guarantee that production and delivery of, in particular, ammunition, shells and missiles for Ukraine are prioritised over orders from other third countries;

7. Amendment 8Adopted

   Paragraph 10

   Tabled by Markéta Gregorová · Verts/ALE

   … of military ammunition production capacities, with particular focus on joint projects with Removed: Ukraine; Added: Ukraine and to make sure that orders for Ukraine are prioritised without any further delay; further stresses that concrete steps should be taken towards Ukraine’s integration in …

8. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 1 a (new)

   Tabled by Jaak Madison, Harald Vilimsky, Jean-Lin Lacapelle +3 · ID

   Added: 1a. Underlines that unanimity in the Council must be maintained for all decisions relating to security and defence policy; emphasises that any move towards qualified majority voting in this area will further erode the sovereignty of the Member States; further opposes the creation of a fully fledged EU army;

9. Amendment 10Rejected

   Recital -A

   Tabled by Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Marc Botenga +3 · The Left

   Added: -A. Expresses its concern about the record-breaking USD 2.2 trillion in global defence spending in 2023, the subventions for the military-industrial complex, and the lack of efforts to achieve diplomatic solutions;

10. Amendment 11Rejected

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +11 · The Left

    … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: condemns the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza and the deliberate targeting of UN workers, journalists, doctors, artists and civilians;

11. Amendment 11Rejected

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +11 · The Left

    … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: condemns the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza and the deliberate targeting of UN workers, journalists, doctors, artists and civilians;

12. Amendment 12Rejected

    Paragraph 3 a (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure +6 · The Left

    Added: 3a. Condemns the blockade of Gaza by Israel, which prevents civilians from accessing water, food and medication and is causing immense suffering among the civilian population; urges its immediate lifting;

13. Amendment 14Rejected

    Paragraph 3 c (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +10 · The Left

    Added: 3c. Stresses that the interim ruling issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the highest UN court – states that there is plausible evidence to investigate Israel for genocide and calls on Israel to take steps to prevent this genocide; calls on the EU Member States to support the ICJ and to demand that Israel immediately comply with the legally binding orders issued by the ICJ;

14. Amendment 14Rejected

    Paragraph 3 c (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +10 · The Left

    Added: 3c. Stresses that the interim ruling issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the highest UN court – states that there is plausible evidence to investigate Israel for genocide and calls on Israel to take steps to prevent this genocide; calls on the EU Member States to support the ICJ and to demand that Israel immediately comply with the legally binding orders issued by the ICJ;

15. Amendment 15Rejected

    Paragraph 3 d (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +7 · The Left

    Added: 3d. Notes that Israel stands accused of genocide and that the ICJ has ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide; calls, therefore, for the immediate termination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, as the EU and its Member States cannot be complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza;

16. Amendment 16Rejected

    Paragraph 3 e (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +9 · The Left

    Added: 3e. Call for the Member States to immediately stop arms exports to Israel in line with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP; warns that countries that support Israel with arms shipments can now be sued in the ICJ for aiding and abetting genocide against Palestinians in violation of Article 3e of the Genocide Convention, which criminalises complicity;

17. Amendment 17Rejected

    Paragraph 3 f (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, João Pimenta Lopes +12 · The Left

    Added: 3f. Calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza;

18. Amendment 18Rejected

    Paragraph 14 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +5 · The Left

    Added: 14a. Calls for the EU to launch an ambitious diplomatic initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and end the war;

19. Amendment 19Rejected

    Paragraph 18

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +3 · The Left

    18. Removed: Calls for the appointment of a Defence Union Commissioner (DUC), within the next Commission who is responsible for the finalisation of a true European Defence Union and all defence-related matters, including CSDP, following a clear division of tasks with the VP/HR; believes that, together with the to-be-established fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the Parliament, the DUC should jointly oversee a dedicated and substantial Defence Added: Recalls that according to Article 41.2 TEU, expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget;

20. Amendment 20Rejected

    Paragraph 18 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly +3 · The Left

    Added: 18a. Strongly rejects the Commission and Council’s new austerity policies, agreed under the Belgian Presidency on 9 February 2024, noting that the severe budget cuts that will follow will penalise workers and the most vulnerable, while the Member States have reached record-breaking levels of defence and military spending;

21. Amendment 24Adopted

    Recital L

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … particular by continuing to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; Added: whereas on 7 October 2023, 1 139 Israelis and foreign citizens were killed and 240 people were taken hostage during the despicable terrorist attack by Hamas; whereas tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians and hundreds of UN staff, medical personnel and journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli Government’s response; whereas the continuous bombardment and forced evacuation of Palestinians to the south of the Gaza Strip have created a dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation; whereas attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 330 Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October 2023; whereas the International Court of Justice, in its interim ruling, ordered Israel to implement provisional measures in the case Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel);

22. Amendment 24Adopted

    Recital L

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … particular by continuing to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; Added: whereas on 7 October 2023, 1 139 Israelis and foreign citizens were killed and 240 people were taken hostage during the despicable terrorist attack by Hamas; whereas tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians and hundreds of UN staff, medical personnel and journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli Government’s response; whereas the continuous bombardment and forced evacuation of Palestinians to the south of the Gaza Strip have created a dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation; whereas attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 330 Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October 2023; whereas the International Court of Justice, in its interim ruling, ordered Israel to implement provisional measures in the case Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel);

23. Amendment 24Adopted

    Recital L

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … particular by continuing to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; Added: whereas on 7 October 2023, 1 139 Israelis and foreign citizens were killed and 240 people were taken hostage during the despicable terrorist attack by Hamas; whereas tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians and hundreds of UN staff, medical personnel and journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli Government’s response; whereas the continuous bombardment and forced evacuation of Palestinians to the south of the Gaza Strip have created a dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation; whereas attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 330 Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October 2023; whereas the International Court of Justice, in its interim ruling, ordered Israel to implement provisional measures in the case Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel);

24. Amendment 24Adopted

    Recital L

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … particular by continuing to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; Added: whereas on 7 October 2023, 1 139 Israelis and foreign citizens were killed and 240 people were taken hostage during the despicable terrorist attack by Hamas; whereas tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians and hundreds of UN staff, medical personnel and journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli Government’s response; whereas the continuous bombardment and forced evacuation of Palestinians to the south of the Gaza Strip have created a dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation; whereas attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 330 Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October 2023; whereas the International Court of Justice, in its interim ruling, ordered Israel to implement provisional measures in the case Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel);

25. Amendment 24Rejected

    Recital L

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … particular by continuing to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; Added: whereas on 7 October 2023, 1 139 Israelis and foreign citizens were killed and 240 people were taken hostage during the despicable terrorist attack by Hamas; whereas tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians and hundreds of UN staff, medical personnel and journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli Government’s response; whereas the continuous bombardment and forced evacuation of Palestinians to the south of the Gaza Strip have created a dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation; whereas attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 330 Palestinians in the West Bank since 7 October 2023; whereas the International Court of Justice, in its interim ruling, ordered Israel to implement provisional measures in the case Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel);

26. Amendment 27Adopted

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … committed by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel, including the taking of Removed: hostages, and Added: hostages; expresses its support for the State of Israel and its Removed: people; Added: people, and for the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who have … to defend itself in line with international law and international humanitarian law; Removed: calls for Added: stresses that all parties must distinguish, at all times, between combatants and civilians and that parties may only attack combatants and military targets; urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian Removed: corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs; Added: corridors, in the light of the catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the risk of famine and the spread of diseases; is deeply concerned by the magnitude of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, owing to Israel’s disproportionate military response; asks the Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation and prevent the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance; expresses its deepest sorrow and full solidarity with the innocent victims on … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: calls for a thorough investigation into the role played by third states, including Iran and Qatar, and non-state entities in providing financial, material and operational support to Hamas;

27. Amendment 27Adopted

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … committed by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel, including the taking of Removed: hostages, and Added: hostages; expresses its support for the State of Israel and its Removed: people; Added: people, and for the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who have … to defend itself in line with international law and international humanitarian law; Removed: calls for Added: stresses that all parties must distinguish, at all times, between combatants and civilians and that parties may only attack combatants and military targets; urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian Removed: corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs; Added: corridors, in the light of the catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the risk of famine and the spread of diseases; is deeply concerned by the magnitude of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, owing to Israel’s disproportionate military response; asks the Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation and prevent the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance; expresses its deepest sorrow and full solidarity with the innocent victims on … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: calls for a thorough investigation into the role played by third states, including Iran and Qatar, and non-state entities in providing financial, material and operational support to Hamas;

28. Amendment 27Rejected

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … committed by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel, including the taking of Removed: hostages, and Added: hostages; expresses its support for the State of Israel and its Removed: people; Added: people, and for the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who have … to defend itself in line with international law and international humanitarian law; Removed: calls for Added: stresses that all parties must distinguish, at all times, between combatants and civilians and that parties may only attack combatants and military targets; urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian Removed: corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs; Added: corridors, in the light of the catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the risk of famine and the spread of diseases; is deeply concerned by the magnitude of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, owing to Israel’s disproportionate military response; asks the Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation and prevent the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance; expresses its deepest sorrow and full solidarity with the innocent victims on … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: calls for a thorough investigation into the role played by third states, including Iran and Qatar, and non-state entities in providing financial, material and operational support to Hamas;

29. Amendment 27Rejected

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … committed by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel, including the taking of Removed: hostages, and Added: hostages; expresses its support for the State of Israel and its Removed: people; Added: people, and for the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who have … to defend itself in line with international law and international humanitarian law; Removed: calls for Added: stresses that all parties must distinguish, at all times, between combatants and civilians and that parties may only attack combatants and military targets; urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian Removed: corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs; Added: corridors, in the light of the catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the risk of famine and the spread of diseases; is deeply concerned by the magnitude of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, owing to Israel’s disproportionate military response; asks the Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation and prevent the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance; expresses its deepest sorrow and full solidarity with the innocent victims on … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: calls for a thorough investigation into the role played by third states, including Iran and Qatar, and non-state entities in providing financial, material and operational support to Hamas;

30. Amendment 27Adopted

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … committed by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel, including the taking of Removed: hostages, and Added: hostages; expresses its support for the State of Israel and its Removed: people; Added: people, and for the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who have … to defend itself in line with international law and international humanitarian law; Removed: calls for Added: stresses that all parties must distinguish, at all times, between combatants and civilians and that parties may only attack combatants and military targets; urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian Removed: corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs; Added: corridors, in the light of the catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the risk of famine and the spread of diseases; is deeply concerned by the magnitude of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, owing to Israel’s disproportionate military response; asks the Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation and prevent the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance; expresses its deepest sorrow and full solidarity with the innocent victims on … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: calls for a thorough investigation into the role played by third states, including Iran and Qatar, and non-state entities in providing financial, material and operational support to Hamas;

31. Amendment 27Adopted

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … committed by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel, including the taking of Removed: hostages, and Added: hostages; expresses its support for the State of Israel and its Removed: people; Added: people, and for the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who have … to defend itself in line with international law and international humanitarian law; Removed: calls for Added: stresses that all parties must distinguish, at all times, between combatants and civilians and that parties may only attack combatants and military targets; urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian Removed: corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs; Added: corridors, in the light of the catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the risk of famine and the spread of diseases; is deeply concerned by the magnitude of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, owing to Israel’s disproportionate military response; asks the Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation and prevent the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance; expresses its deepest sorrow and full solidarity with the innocent victims on … acts and for violations of international law to be held to account; Added: calls for a thorough investigation into the role played by third states, including Iran and Qatar, and non-state entities in providing financial, material and operational support to Hamas;

32. Amendment 40Rejected

    Paragraph 67

    Tabled by Pedro Marques, Sven Mikser · S&D

    … humanitarian law; reiterates the EU’s strong support for the International Criminal Court’s Removed: work; Added: and the International Court of Justice’s work; calls on Israel to implement the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip; underlines the importance of differentiating between the Palestinian people and their legitimate … supporting terrorism in the region; strongly disagrees and expresses its disappointment about Removed: recent statements made by the President of Türkiye in which he wrongfully claimed …

33. Amendment 56Rejected

    Recital I

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … the defence-procurement sector; whereas further initiatives are needed to establish genuine European Removed: defence integration, Added: interoperability and interchangeability in defence, including a European Defence Investment Programme Removed: (EDIP); Added: (EDIP), while acknowledging the competences of Member States in security and defence;

34. Amendment 59Rejected

    Recital O

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    O. whereas, Removed: as outlined Added: even in the Strategic Compass, Removed: the EU must move further in its ambition to achieve an open strategic autonomy and technological Removed: sovereignty, while also reinforcing its Added: sovereignty remain undefined and are subject to the will of Member States; whereas reinforcing the EU’s partnerships with like-minded partners in order to safeguard its values and interests, as well as those of its allies and Removed: neighbours; Added: neighbours, is needed more than ever;

35. Amendment 61Rejected

    Recital Af

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … as an external actor that is able to act more strategically and Removed: autonomously; Added: effectively; whereas the Council and the Member States are the principle decision-making authorities regarding security and defence;

36. Amendment 63Rejected

    Paragraph 17

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … that, in order to become a credible geopolitical player, the EU should Removed: reform its decision-making system; regrets Added: establish a better common perception of threats and increase its capabilities and political will to act rather than just focus on the reform of its decision-making system, such as the imposition of qualified majority voting for decisions on the CFSP and CSDP; notes that the potential for fast, efficient and effective foreign, security and defence … of the TEU, has been used only in a very limited manner; Removed: reiterates its call for the Council to gradually switch to qualified majority voting for decisions on the CFSP and CSDP, at least in those areas that do not have military implications; reiterates its call for the establishment of regular EU defence minister Council meetings and calls for setting up joint civil-military headquarters at European level that combines civil and military instruments in order to make full use of the EU’s integrated approach in crisis management right from strategic planning to the actual conduct of the mission or operation;

37. Amendment 69Adopted

    Paragraph 25

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … procurement in order to strengthen the EU’s defence technological and industrial base Removed: (EDTIB); Added: (EDTIB), while not obstructing procurement of any equipment from like-minded countries; calls for improving defence financing through exploring a potential reform of the … and private finance and investment on a sustainable basis; calls on the Removed: Commission Added: Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to consider developing parameters for a financial product that aims to support investments in European security, including actions by the defence industry; Added: welcomes the new revamped fiscal rules on budget deficits, which enable extra military spending in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

38. Amendment 72Rejected

    Paragraph 44

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … recruitment and retention problems; considers it necessary to analyse these challenges and Removed: therefore invites the HR/VP to task the EUMC with gathering and analysing data across the EU Member States on these issues in order to identify possible counter-measures; Added: identify possible counter-measures to assist the Member States and NATO in addressing them; points out that Removed: a true European Defence Union cannot be built without Added: European security cannot be guaranteed without strong European armies and a strong transatlantic bond, accompanied by a common military Removed: culture and Added: culture; calls therefore on the VP/HR to task the European Security and Defence College with Removed: modernising and expanding Added: cooperating more closely with national defence colleges and the NATO Defence College in order to modernise and expand the educational modules for military personnel from the Member States’ armed forces;

39. Amendment 73Rejected

    Paragraph 46

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga, Charlie Weimers · ECR

    … the EU or by targeting CSDP missions and operations in strategic areas; Added: is deeply concerned with the continued instrumentalisation of migrants by the Russian Federation and its proxies; calls for the EU to review and update its policies concerning border security, including the bloc’s Schengen Border Code, in order to protect the EU’s external borders with maximum levels of security, which requires financing for physical barriers in addition to the deployment of smart technologies that strengthen systems to detect border violation; expresses serious concerns about the dangers that AI-driven disinformation and information manipulation …

40. Amendment 80Adopted

    Paragraph 64

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … kidnappings of Georgian citizens and other human rights violations on the ground; Added: strongly condemns Russia’s plans to build a permanent naval base at the Black Sea port of Ochamchire in the occupied region of Abkhazia and calls on the international community to support all efforts to punish this gross violation of Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity; calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil its international obligations under the …

41. Amendment 81Rejected

    Paragraph 72

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … strategy in the area of security and defence; considers safe, secure and Removed: autonomous Added: unhindered access to space to be a critical aspect of the EU’s security … the strategy to draw up a classified annual space threat analysis document; Added: encourages closer transatlantic cooperation on space in order to ensure partnerships aimed at the development and application of joint technology in the space domain for our common security and defence; calls on Member States and allies to address the growing threat of the weaponisation of space, in particular the recent reports on Russia’s advances on space-based nuclear weapons technology, which would constitute a blatant violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty; calls, in this regard, on the international community to withdraw from any form of cooperation with the Russian Federation in the space domain, in areas where they have not yet done so;

42. Amendment 83Adopted

    Paragraph 83

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    … development of maritime mine counter measure capabilities and critical seabed infrastructure protection; Added: underlines that similar technology should be tested and deployed in other European seas in which the problem of unexploded ordnance and chemical weapons dumped in the previous century already constitute a threat to security, the environment, health and the economy, such as in the Baltic, Adriatic and North seas; calls on the Commission to increase funding to tackle this growing challenge;

43. Amendment 85Rejected

    Paragraph 90 a (new)

    Tabled by Anna Fotyga · ECR

    Added: 90a. Is concerned with reports that China, which does not universally embrace Western medical ethics and excels in civil-military fusion, is gathering genetic and genomic data about Europeans and others in ways that could harm national security; calls on the relevant authorities to address the threat of the potential use of this data on Europeans for nefarious purposes and to exclude in the future any threat of bespoke bioweapons that could target either an individual or a class of individuals, or that may be used by the PRC for military purposes;