What changed
The text adds that frontline officers face particularly high risk and that this work should be recognised and classified as a high-risk profession in the EU. #1#2 It also adds that police and Guardia Civil officers must have the necessary vessels, equipment, training, staff and legal protection, and calls on member states to reflect the high-risk nature of the work in their professional status and social protection. #2 The other change is wording: a call on addressing socio-economic drivers in transit countries is rephrased. #3
2 changes of substance, plus 1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
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Change #1 Substance
Adds that police, border, customs and other frontline officers face particularly high risk, and that these activities should be recognised and classified as high-risk professions in the EU.
C. whereas there have been several attacks and deaths linked to drug trafficking across the EU, including recent episodes in Portugal in October 2025, Spain in February 2024 and May 2026, France in May 2024 and October 2024, Belgium in May 2025, the Netherlands in September 2026 and Italy in June 2025, while law enforcement officers were carrying out their duty to uphold the law and protect the security of the EU and its citizens; whereas this demonstrates the need to increase resources and operational assets for the fight against drug trafficking at EU level; whereas the nature of these duties exposes police officers, border and customs officials and other frontline law enforcement personnel to particularly high levels of risk, underscoring the need to recognise and classify these activities as high-risk professions in the EU;
Change #2 Substance
Adds that frontline police and Guardia Civil officers must have vessels, equipment, training, staff and legal protection, and calls on member states to reflect the high-risk nature of the work in officers' professional status and social protection.
2. Stresses that police and Guardia Civil officers on the front line against drug trafficking must have the necessary vessels, equipment, training, staff and legal protection to carry out their missions safely; calls on the Member States to reflect the high-risk nature of this work in the professional status and social protection of these officers;3. Strongly condemns the activities of criminal networks involved in drug trafficking, which undermine public security, fuel violence and corruption, and threaten the health and well-being of EU citizens; urges the Commission and the Member States to reinforce law enforcement and judicial capabilities through increased funding, operational support and enhanced resources and support for specialised law enforcement and judicial agencies and bodies dedicated to combating drug trafficking; stresses the need to strengthen cooperation and information exchange between customs, law enforcement, judicial and administrative authorities, and calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary framework to support these efforts; recognises the high-risk nature of the duties performed by police officers, border and customs officials and other frontline law enforcement personnel involved in combating drug trafficking, and calls for these duties to be recognised and classified as high-risk occupations in the EU;