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REPORT (2025/2084(INI))

On EU-US political relations

A-10-2025-0250

Committee on Foreign Affairs · Rapporteur: Michał Szczerba

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Parliament's resolution on EU-US political relations sets out how the EU should work with the United States on security, trade, technology and democracy while protecting its own interests. It calls for deeper strategic dialogues, continued US military presence in Europe, stronger NATO's eastern flank, and continued joint support for Ukraine, including using Russia's immobilised assets for reconstruction. On trade, it takes note of the Turnberry deal and the 21 August 2025 joint statement, regrets that the commitments are not reciprocal, and demands that EU tariff commitments be conditional on US implementation, with countermeasures if new tariffs appear. It insists that EU laws on digital matters, in particular the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, are not negotiable with non-EU countries and must be applied in full. It calls for cooperation on China, Iran, the Middle East, the Arctic and the Western Balkans, and for stronger parliamentary diplomacy with the US Congress and outreach to civil society.

Committee position. The Committee on Foreign Affairs proposes that Parliament adopt the resolution, which calls for a renewed EU-US partnership based on mutual respect, stronger cooperation on security, trade, technology and democracy, and protection of EU sovereignty and regulatory autonomy.

Key points

  1. Calls for a more coordinated, forward-looking transatlantic partnership built on EU strengths, with reduced vulnerabilities and dependencies.
  2. Calls for additional and deepened EU-US strategic dialogues on trade, security and defence, technology, energy, rule of law, societal resilience and the environment, extending to subnational and non-governmental actors.
  3. Calls for continued US military presence in Europe, especially on the eastern flank, and for Europe to build greater military capacity to act independently when necessary.
  4. Urges the EU to take greater global leadership in multilateral cooperation, regrets the US retreat from international commitments, and calls for joint efforts to counter authoritarian influence in the UN and the WTO.
  5. Urges continued EU-US coordination in supporting Ukraine with weapons, stronger sanctions on Russia, accountability for its crimes, and use of Russia's immobilised assets for Ukraine's recovery.
  6. Calls for an unconditional ceasefire before any negotiations, insists that Ukraine and the EU be fully involved in talks, and that any peace respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
  7. Calls for EU-US cooperation on the Western Balkans, including support for Euro-Atlantic integration, electoral and constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, and contributions to EUFOR Althea and KFOR.
  8. Calls for a joint transatlantic strategy on China as an assertive strategic competitor, countering espionage and influence operations, supporting Taiwan's democracy and freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait and the South and East China Seas.
  9. Calls for enhanced EU-US cooperation in the Arctic to keep it a zone of peace and stability, condemns unlawful interference in EU member states' internal affairs, including regarding Greenland, and expresses solidarity with Greenland.
  10. Stresses that Europe must ensure its own security and defence, calls for strengthening the European pillar of NATO, EU-NATO cooperation, defence capabilities and the common security and defence policy, and for European preference in defence industry.
  11. Calls for enhanced EU-US coordination on cybersecurity, hybrid threats, intelligence sharing, maritime security, organised crime and space cooperation.
  12. On trade, regrets that the joint statement commitments are not reciprocal, fair or balanced, demands a standstill clause, exclusion of EU agri-food from the 15% tariff, and firm countermeasures if new tariffs are imposed.

Who is affected

  • EU and US businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, affected by tariffs and trade tensions.
  • EU consumers, facing higher costs of living from tariffs.
  • Ukraine, receiving continued EU-US support and reconstruction aid.
  • Greenland, receiving EU solidarity and support for its territorial integrity.
  • The International Criminal Court, which the EU seeks to protect from US sanctions via the blocking statute.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 48 billion: difference between EU exports to the US and US exports to the EU in 2023.
  • 3 %: share of total EU-US trade represented by that difference.
  • USD 1 trillion: value of goods and services exchanged annually between the EU and the US.
  • EUR 5.3 trillion: investments in each other's markets.
  • USD 2.4 trillion: total invested by EU-headquartered companies in the United States.
  • 16 million jobs: supported by the transatlantic economy on both sides.
  • 15 %: US commitment for tariffs, including MFN, not to exceed for selected Section 232 investigations.
  • 50 %: US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium, expanded to cover an additional 407 derivative products.