Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025

Tabled by Paolo Inselvini, Stephen Nikola Bartulica, Nicolas Bay, Geadis Geadi, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Aurelijus Veryga, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Marion Maréchal

Added: 53a. Underlines that the practice of surrogacy is increasing on a global level and also within the EU, and raises serious ethical and legal concerns, as it risks reducing the child to an object of transaction and instrumentalising the body of the woman; reiterates that, in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child, all Member States are required to ensure the full protection of the rights of children and to prevent any form of exploitation; recalls the condemnation of surrogacy expressed by the European Parliament in its resolution on the EU Gender Equality Strategy 20251a, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to counter the practice of surrogacy in all its forms; expresses concern about legislative initiatives that could contribute, even indirectly, to the normalisation or recognition of surrogacy between Member States, in particular the Commission proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and on the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (COM(2022)0695), and calls on the EU institutions to ensure that no EU legal act entails the recognition of situations arising from such practices, which are in violation of human dignity and the rights of the child; ____________________ 1a Texts adopted, P10_TA(2025)0278.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.025v01-00