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

Tabled by Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán

28. Regrets the weakening of Removed: non-proliferation Added: non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control regimes; calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse … in particular in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Removed: points out that, while a nuclear deterrent is of crucial importance in protecting Europe as a continent, the UK and France are the only European countries that possess nuclear weapons; Added: calls, in this regard, for the EU to actively support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to work towards its implementation and further ratification by the EU Member States that have not done so; reaffirms its full support for the EU and its Member States’ commitment … cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime; stresses the need for Removed: an effective EU-level armaments policy to be developed and for greater transparency and convergence at national and EU level on arms exports, especially during a period of increased defence spending and Removed: EDTIB reinforcement; Added: EDTIB; calls on the Member States to respect the EU Common Position on Arms Removed: Exports and acknowledges their competences in their defence acquisition policies; Added: Exports; calls on the Member States to fully comply with Common Position Removed: 2008/944/CFSP10 Added: 2008/944/CFSP and to strictly implement Criterion Four on regional stability and halt arms … aggressively against another country in general and the Member States in particular; Removed: 10 Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, (OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 99, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/compos/2008/944/oj).

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