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

Tabled by Sergey Lagodinsky

… 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.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.019v01-00