Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 5Adopted

   Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

   Tabled by Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Estrella Galán · The Left

   Added: (ba) respects the neutrality of certain Member States and ensures that diplomatic action is undertaken in a manner consistent with the UN Charter;

2. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 4 a (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +7 · The Left

   Added: 4a. Condemns the aggressive and imperialist rhetoric expressed by US President Trump at the UN General Assembly, which openly threatened peace, sovereignty and multilateralism; notes that such discourse glorifies illegal wars, sanctions and unilateral coercive measures, including support for the genocide in Gaza and threats against sovereign nations; stresses that such positions undermine the very principles of the UN Charter; calls, therefore, for alignment with such policies to be rejected and for an independent path of peace, cooperation and solidarity with the Global South to be pursued;

3. Amendment 8Adopted

   Paragraph 13 a (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Per Clausen, Hanna Gedin +13 · The Left

   Added: 13a. Calls on the Commission and the Council, in their external relations and policies, to consistently uphold and promote international law, and to take all necessary measures to ensure its full respect by all states, without distinction based on economic or military power;

4. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 15 a (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Per Clausen, Hanna Gedin +11 · The Left

   Added: 15a. Recalls that the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024 create obligations for all states party to the Genocide Convention and require them to employ all means reasonably available to prevent genocide;

5. Amendment 11Rejected

   Paragraph 15 c (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Per Clausen, Hanna Gedin +10 · The Left

   Added: 15c. Calls for an immediate ceasefire and for the lifting of all entry restrictions on humanitarian aid and other civilian assistance missions throughout Palestine, and notably in Gaza; demands the full withdrawal of Israel from the Occupied Palestinian Territory;

6. Amendment 13Rejected

   Paragraph 15 e (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +4 · The Left

   Added: 15e. Recalls that Israel possesses nuclear weapons and refuses to allow any inspections or provide transparency; condemns the double standards of the United States, the Commission and the EU Member States in addressing nuclear proliferation, as reflected in the sanctions imposed on Iran while no comparable measures are being taken against Israel;

7. Amendment 14Rejected

   Paragraph 15 f (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +6 · The Left

   Added: 15f. Expresses deep concern about the impact of the reactivation of sanctions against Iran on the Iranian people; stresses that such measures primarily affect the civilian population, further exacerbating economic hardship, including medicine shortages, which constitute a violation of human rights, and have fostered the increased militarisation of Iranian society;

8. Amendment 16Rejected

   Paragraph 20 a (new)

   Tabled by Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Estrella Galán +2 · The Left

   Added: 20a. Calls on the Israeli Government to release all currently detained Palestinian hostages, including the over 3 500 Palestinians being held hostage without trial by the Israeli Government;

9. Amendment 19Rejected

   Paragraph 34 a (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +7 · The Left

   Added: 34a. Notes that the United States has a long-standing history of foreign military intervention, which is incompatible with international law; recalls that the United States exerts pressure on EU Member States to join these illegal military interventions; condemns all use of force or threat of military intervention by the United States, including against Greenland, Canada, Panama and Venezuela, and the systematic weakening of the UN-based international order;

10. Amendment 22Rejected

    Paragraph 34 d (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +7 · The Left

    Added: 34d. Considers that NATO reinforces European dependency on the United States, promotes an arms race and drags European countries into illegal wars, including through out-of-area operations; notes, therefore, that NATO offers no long-term solution for peace and security in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Council to promote an alternative architecture for Europe’s common security, based on the principles of the UN Charter and the Helsinki Process, as a core part of EU security and defence policy;

11. Amendment 23Rejected

    Paragraph 34 e (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +7 · The Left

    Added: 34e. Rejects the ‘Trump norm’ that asks NATO countries to invest 5 % of their GDP in their military budgets; rejects the Commission’s EUR 800 billion Readiness 2030 plan, which will divert public funds from social and civilian programmes to arms multinationals; notes that such drastic military investment will increase Europe’s dependency on the US military industry;

12. Amendment 25Rejected

    Paragraph 41 a (new)

    Tabled by Giorgos Georgiou, Estrella Galán · The Left

    Added: 41a. Calls on all Member States to stop all arms exports to Türkiye in view of that country’s militarised foreign policy;

13. Amendment 26Adopted

    Paragraph 42

    Tabled by Giorgos Georgiou, Estrella Galán · The Left

    … the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus to be respected; Added: draws attention to the Commission’s designation of Johannes Hahn as Special Envoy for Cyprus, which underlines the EU’s commitment to a comprehensive settlement on the agreed basis and its readiness to contribute to the settlement process within the UN framework;

14. Amendment 27Rejected

    Paragraph 58 a (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure +10 · The Left

    Added: 58a. Underlines that the preferential market access granted to a wide range of US seafood and agricultural products under the EU-US trade deal comes on top of the large increase in agricultural and food imports that is expected under the EU-Mercosur agreement; warns that such an opening up of the EU market to imported products will further jeopardise the livelihoods of EU farmers and undermine the EU’s food sovereignty; calls for the rejection of both the EU-US and EU-Mercosur agreements, as they are highly detrimental to EU agriculture;

15. Amendment 28Rejected

    Paragraph 76 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Danilo Della Valle, Rima Hassan +11 · The Left

    Added: 76a. Strongly condemns the US military attack on Venezuela of 3 January 2026 and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President and his wife as a serious violation of international law and the UN Charter; calls for their immediate release;

16. Amendment 36Rejected

    Paragraph 78 b (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith +12 · The Left

    Added: 78b. Calls on the Commission to immediately freeze the two regulations implementing the trade deal with the United States for as long as the US administration makes claims and threats in relation to Greenland; strongly encourages the Commission to put any further negotiations with the United States on hold;

17. Amendment 37Rejected

    Paragraph 78 c (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith +10 · The Left

    Added: 78c. Underlines that the EU cannot accept extortive policies; stresses that threats made by the US administration against Greenland and Denmark, in addition to those made in relation to the EU’s digital legislation, fall under the definition of ‘economic coercion’ as set out in Regulation 2023/26751a; calls therefore for the Commission to immediately react by triggering the Anti-Coercion Instrument1b; ______________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries (OJ L, 2023/2675, 7.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2675/oj). 1b Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries (OJ L, 2023/2675, 7.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2675/oj).

18. Amendment 39Rejected

    Paragraph 78 e (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith +9 · The Left

    Added: 78e. Calls on the Council and the Commission, in line with Article 29 TEU and Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to adopt sanctions, without delay, against the United States in view of its serious violations of international law, including unlawful use of force and extraterritorial coercive measures undermining the sovereignty of third countries; stresses that the EU’s credibility requires the application of the same level of firmness whenever comparable legal thresholds are met, including in cases of territorial aggression against a sovereign nation;

19. Amendment 40Rejected

    Paragraph 89

    Tabled by Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero +1 · The Left

    89. Acknowledges that the requirement for unanimity Removed: compels Member States to work relentlessly to achieve compromise and unity, which constitutes a key source of the EU’s political leverage on the global stage; points out, however, that the trade-off between the ideal of unity and the substantial costs of unanimity should be assessed carefully; Added: ensures that the Member States retain their sovereignty in respect of foreign policy issues; notes with concern that any proposals to move away from unanimity could undermine the neutrality of certain Member States;

20. Amendment 41Rejected

    Paragraph 91

    Tabled by Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion · The Left

    Removed: 91. Reiterates its call for the Council to gradually transition to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, specifically in the context of our sanctions regime; acknowledges the concerns of some Member States regarding a perceived reduction in their influence over foreign and security policy at EU level; recalls that the VP/HR is tasked, as set out in her mission letter, with triggering the use of Treaty provisions enabling qualified majority voting for the CFSP and, accordingly, expects the VP/HR to engage in constructive dialogue with the Member States to that end; encourages the full use of all possibilities that currently exist to enhance decisiveness in this regard and calls on the Member States to make greater and more transparent use of constructive abstention in line with Article 31(1) TEU in cases where they cannot endorse a decision but do not wish to block the Union’s collective action; stresses that this approach strengthens the EU’s ability to respond swiftly and coherently to international crises, while respecting national sovereignty, and demonstrates that greater effectiveness in the CFSP is already possible without a Treaty change; recognises that progress towards the application of qualified majority voting can only be gradual, building on the formation of a European strategic culture; Added: deleted

21. Amendment 53Rejected

    Paragraph 8 a (new)

    Tabled by Stanisław Tyszka, Christine Anderson · ESN

    Added: 8a. Condemns the Belarusian Government for allowing and supporting hybrid attacks on the Polish-Belarusian border, using illegal immigrants as a weapon;

22. Amendment 56Rejected

    Paragraph 34 a (new)

    Tabled by Sarah Knafo · ESN

    Added: 34a. Stresses that, in order to become more reliable and more autonomous in the fields of security, defence and technology, the EU and the Member States should give priority to defence capabilities designed, developed and produced within the EU, and should encourage joint procurement and investments that strengthen the European defence technological and industrial base, and reduce strategic dependencies on non-EU countries,

23. Amendment 61Rejected

    Paragraph 93

    Tabled by Stanislav Stoyanov · ESN

    … provisions in the existing Treaties, such as the ‘passerelle clause’; stresses that Added: any use of passerelle clauses in the field of the CFSP should not weaken the responsibility and ownership of Member States in matters with long-term strategic and constitutional implications; stresses that the Treaties should provide specifically for the possibility of establishing a European …

24. Amendment 63Rejected

    Recital S

    Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky · Verts/ALE

    … of Europeans through illicit drug and human trafficking, which contributes to regional Removed: instability and, in certain cases, amounts to the weaponisation of migration; Added: instability;

25. Amendment 64Rejected

    Recital AJ

    Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky · Verts/ALE

    … trade pillar requires the approval of Parliament and the Council only; whereas Removed: this approval would mark a geopolitical milestone that reinforces the EU’s global presence and strengthens the multilateral rules-based order; Added: the provisional application of the interim Trade Agreement prior to Parliament giving its consent would go against the spirit of the Framework Agreement1a, the principle of sincere cooperation among institutions and the Commission’s repeated commitments not to propose provisional application before Parliament gives its consent; whereas concerns remain regarding its potentially negative impact on EU sustainability and safety standards and on the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector; whereas the agreement will set up an institutional framework to foster cooperation … as human rights, sustainable development, the digital economy and combating organised crime; Removed: whereas the adoption and implementation of the agreement should improve interregional ties, ripen geopolitical dividends and advance the EU’s strategic interests; whereas the swift signing and ratification of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mexico Global Agreement underpin the EU’s deepened engagement in and strengthened political ties with Latin America; Added: ______________ 1a Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2010/1120/2018-02-07.

26. Amendment 65Rejected

    Paragraph 17

    Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky · Verts/ALE

    … East and North Africa, including radicalisation, forced displacement, and heightened regional tensions; Removed: underlines that these dynamics directly affect European security and migration management;

27. Amendment 67Rejected

    Paragraph 51

    Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky · Verts/ALE

    … democratic standards, but also given their role in diversifying the Union’s energy Removed: supplies and in managing migration flows from countries of origin or transit; Added: supplies; endorses the new Pact for the Mediterranean as a comprehensive framework to …

28. Amendment 68Rejected

    Paragraph 69

    Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky · Verts/ALE

    … the framework for strengthening cooperation in political, economic, security and development matters; Removed: calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to build on the progress made under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) framework and the comprehensive Migration and Mobility Dialogue; encourages continued cooperation on Removed: migration, counterterrorism and counternarcotics;

29. Amendment 69Rejected

    Paragraph 75

    Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky · Verts/ALE

    … investment in good governance, capacity building and partnership aimed at preventing state Removed: collapse, migration spillovers Added: collapse and illicit trafficking, and at fighting against terrorism;

30. Amendment 71Rejected

    Recital U

    Tabled by Cristian Terheş · ECR

    U. whereas Russia continues to plunder Ukrainian national heritage; Added: whereas to date, the Russian Federation has demonstrated a pattern of aggression, not only seeking to expand its territorial influence, but also to destroy European heritage and values; whereas combating Russian imperialism and aggression should include efforts to restore and protect the European cultural heritage looted from Ukraine, as well as that looted from other historically affected Member States, such as Poland and Romania, including the Romanian national treasure illegally held by the Soviet Union and then by Russia since the end of the First World War; whereas the Russian war of aggression has caused severe and long-lasting damage …

31. Amendment 77Rejected

    Paragraph 27

    Tabled by Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Dick Erixon · ECR

    … announced in the first leg of the 2025 Brussels Conference for Syria; Added: recalls that aid disbursements should be made conditional on cooperation on the return of migrants from Europe;

32. Amendment 81Rejected

    Paragraph 60 a (new)

    Tabled by Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier +1 · ECR

    Added: 60a. Underlines the strategic importance of New Caledonia for the EU in the Indo-Pacific region, and calls on the EU and its Member States to support the fight against foreign interference and attempts at destabilisation in territories associated with the EU;

33. Amendment 82Adopted

    Paragraph 77

    Tabled by Carlo Fidanza · ECR

    … rights clauses of the cooperation agreements with these countries, which involve their Removed: revision; Added: revision, in particular with regard to Cuba, which is additionally a close partner of the regimes in Moscow and Minsk, providing them with political support and contributing negatively to European security, inter alia by facilitating the involvement of hundreds of Cuban mercenaries in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine; underlines that such regimes cannot continue to benefit from privileged cooperation with the EU, such as under the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement; expresses deep concern over the erosion of democratic principles and the deliberate …

34. Amendment 84Rejected

    Paragraph 92 a (new)

    Tabled by Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Dick Erixon · ECR

    Added: 92a. Welcomes the successful Swedish-Somali cooperation on returns, which has enabled orderly repatriations of individuals from Sweden and other EU Member States to Somalia; considers that this bilateral agreement strengthens the credibility of the asylum system, upholds the rule of law and serves as a constructive model for responsible returns of migrants to countries of origin;