What changed

From · resolution motion joint · 20 Oct 2026 RC-10-2026-0476 on the escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security

To · Adopted text · 22 Oct 2026 TA-10-2026-0365 Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 23 Oct 2026

Parliament adds a call to re-introduce the EU ban on imports of Russian sable fur, which it says was lifted in the 21st sanctions package. #3 It drops a call to reject unevidenced insinuations of third-party involvement in the Black Sea strikes. #1 It no longer names Georgia among the countries whose closer regional cooperation it underlines. #2

3 changes of substance. 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.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

Change #1 Substance

Drops the call to reject attempts to deflect responsibility through insinuations of third-party involvement not backed by evidence.

1. Strongly condemns the latest deadly attacks against civilian merchant vessels in the western Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria and Romania, as well as repeated violations of Romanian airspace which have killed and endangered seafarers, destroyed civilian ships and gravely threatened freedom of navigation, maritime safety and regional stability; stresses that deliberate attacks on civilian vessels and crews violate international law and can never be justified; calls for a full investigation into the recent strikes in the territorial waters of the Member States and within their EEZs, for evidence to be preserved and for those responsible to be held to account; ~~rejects any attempt to deflect responsibility through insinuations of third-party involvement that are not backed by evidence;~~

Change #2 Substance

Removes Georgia from the list of countries whose closer regional cooperation Parliament underlines.

7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to assess and consider deploying an EU naval operation in the Black Sea; stresses that freedom of navigation and maritime security are part of securing NATO’s eastern flank, the Black Sea region and the Danube Delta; further calls on NATO to consider a Black Sea initiative, building on discussions on a ‘Black Sea Sentry’; underlines the importance of closer regional cooperation between Bulgaria, ~~Romania, Georgia~~Romania and Türkiye, including through existing Black Sea mine countermeasure arrangements;

Change #3 Substance

Adds a paragraph regretting that the EU lifted the ban on imports of Russian sable fur in its 21st sanctions package and calling on the Council and the Commission to re-introduce the ban.

20. Regrets that, in its 21st sanctions package, the EU lifted the ban on imports of Russian sable fur, a luxury good produced with methods that raise serious animal welfare concerns; calls on the Council and the Commission to re-introduce the ban on Russian sable fur as part of EU sanctions against Russia;