Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024

Tabled by Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Martín Frías, Nikola Bartůšek, Hermann Tertsch

49. Removed: Reaffirms that, in order to become a credible geopolitical player, the EU should reform its process for decision-making on the CFSP/CSDP and underlines, in this regard, that institutional reflections on Added: Recalls that the exclusive competence over foreign, security and defence policy belongs to the Member States with article 24(1) of the TEU stipulating that the EU cannot adopt legislative acts on foreign affairs and defence, and, thus, lifting the requirement for unanimity Removed: in this process should Added: should not be considered; recalls that the EU Treaty framework already allows a number … institutional forms of cooperation in the field of foreign, security and defence Removed: policy and notes with regret that the potential for fast action in this field, as provided for in the ‘passerelle clauses’ of the TEU, has been used only in a very limited manner; calls on the Council to consider all possibilities to strengthen and deepen its process for decision-making on the CFSP/CSDP with a view to realising the untapped potential within the Treaties; 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; suggests, furthermore, that the Council pursue making full use of the ‘passerelle clauses’ and the scope of articles that enhance EU solidarity and mutual assistance in the event of crises; Added: policy; reaffirms that any attempt to remove unanimity requirements in decisions related to defence, foreign, and security policy contravenes the spirit of the EU Treaty, as these domains are strictly within the competence of the Member States; reiterates that lifting the requirement for unanimity or shifting decision-making to a qualified majority system would undermine the cohesion and, by extension, the credibility of the EU on foreign policy issues; stresses that the qualified majority system would disproportionately favour the security interests of larger Member States, to the detriment of smaller Member States, despite the fact that, in the current security context, the latter are significantly more exposed to external threats;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.721v01-00