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

Tabled by Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Lynn Boylan, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán, Damien Carême, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith, Manon Aubry

… the chances of long-term peace for all people in the Middle East; Removed: welcomes the US-negotiated peace plan between Israel and Hamas leading to a ceasefire; calls on all parties to fully comply Added: condemns, in the strongest terms, Israeli war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing committed in Gaza, as well as the illegal occupation and colonisation of Palestine; 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; calls therefore for a full military embargo on Israel, an effective ban on all trade supporting the illegal occupation of Palestine and the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement1a; calls for full compliance with the ceasefire, Removed: to deliver the bodies of all deceased hostages to their families, to allow the rapid delivery of Added: condemns the recent announcement to suspend the operation of several international humanitarian aid organisations which deliver life-saving aid to the Palestinians in Gaza and calls for the permanent lifting of all entry restrictions for humanitarian aid and Removed: access for other civilian assistance Removed: missions, and calls for a workable roadmap towards a two-state solution, the restoration of security and public order, including the disarmament of Hamas, the withdrawal of Israeli forces Added: missions throughout Palestine; demands the full withdrawal of Israel from Gaza, the Removed: reform and empowerment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip as necessary priority steps; considers it a pivotal moment for the entire region and a starting point towards further de-escalation and stability; urges the EU to swiftly broaden the mandate of its EU Border Assistance Mission to Rafah (EUBAM Rafah) and the EU Mission for the Support of Palestinian Police and Rule of Law (EUPOL-COPPS) in order to play a pivotal role in progress towards a viable political solution, including through support for the rule of law, security-sector reform and transitional justice; Added: West Bank and East Jerusalem; condemns Israel’s repeated attacks in the Middle East, including on Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Iraq and Iran and its illegal occupation of parts of Syria and Lebanon as an amplifying and driving force for instability in the region; ______________ 1a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, (OJ L 147, 21.6.2000, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2000/384/oj).

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.001v01-00