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

15.1.2026 A10-0253/42

Amendment 42

Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Recital I

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

I. whereas the EU continues to promote its own autonomous European diplomacy in all areas, including public, cultural, economic, climate, artificial intelligence, digital and cyber diplomacy; whereas achieving an EU diplomatic service shaped by a common diplomatic culture nurtured from a predominantly EU perspective is an essential step in this regard; whereas the European Diplomatic Academy contributes to this objective;

I. whereas the EU continues to promote its own autonomous European diplomacy in all areas, including public, cultural, economic, climate, artificial intelligence, digital and cyber diplomacy; whereas in December 2025, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and with the support of the European Anti-Fraud Office, the Belgian Federal Police conducted searches in several buildings of the College of Europe in Bruges, at the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels, and at the houses of suspects; whereas at issue was the project of the European Diplomatic Academy; whereas as a consequence of the investigation, Federica Mogherini, Rector of the College of Europe, resigned, and Stefano Sannino, former EEAS Secretary-General and senior official at the Commission, retired from office;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/43

Amendment 43

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Recital M a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Ma. whereas the people of Venezuela have been suffering under a dictatorship for more than 25 years; whereas more than eight million Venezuelans have consequently fled the country; whereas this dictatorship, hand in hand with the criminal communist regime of Cuba, has transformed Venezuela into a narco-state with proven links to drug cartels such as the Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa cartels and also strong geopolitical connections with China, Russia and Iran;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/44

Amendment 44

Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the recent commitment to ending the war in Gaza and takes notes of the 20-point peace plan proposed by the US administration, which must now be fully implemented and insulated from any attempts by regional actors to undermine it; welcomes the release of all Israeli hostages kept by Hamas and the resumption of humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza; underlines that while the plan constitutes a crucial first step towards ending the conflict, several challenges remain, in particular concerning enforcement, governance, accountability and maintaining trust; underlines that the full disarmament of Hamas, its exclusion from any form of governance in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces remain central goals for any further steps; calls for the EU to play an active role in shaping the peace and reconstruction process in close coordination with key regional actors; reiterates that the objective should continue to be a negotiated two-state solution, in line with international law, as the only viable path to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East with the Israeli and Palestinian people living side by side, in peace and security;

15. Welcomes the recent commitment to ending the war in Gaza and takes notes of the 20-point peace plan proposed by the US administration, which must now be fully implemented and insulated from any attempts by regional actors to undermine it; welcomes the release of all living Israeli hostages kept by Hamas and most of those who were murdered; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Ran Gvili, whose remains are still held by Hamas in Gaza; welcomes the resumption of humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza; underlines that while the plan constitutes a crucial first step towards ending the conflict, several challenges remain, in particular concerning enforcement, governance, accountability and maintaining trust; underlines that the full disarmament of Hamas, its exclusion from any form of governance in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces remain central goals for any further steps; calls for the EU to play an active role in shaping the peace and reconstruction process in close coordination with key regional actors; reiterates that the objective should continue to be a negotiated two-state solution, in line with international law, as the only viable path to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East with the Israeli and Palestinian people living side by side, in peace and security;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/45

Amendment 45

Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Underlines that sustainable peace requires a credible political process aimed at achieving a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, with two sovereign, democratic states as peaceful neighbours and with Jerusalem as a shared capital; calls on all parties to renew efforts to remove the obstacles to this solution and condemns the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as such an obstacle; welcomes sanctions adopted against extremist Israeli settlers; underscores the role of the Palestinian Authority as the EU’s main interlocutor in Palestine and reaffirms that any future governance in Gaza must exclude the participation of terrorist organisations and must ensure the demilitarisation of Gaza; reiterates its opposition to any annexation plan for Gaza or any other Palestinian territory and against mass forcible transfers;

22. Underlines that sustainable peace requires a credible political process aimed at achieving a two-state solution based on the 1967 lines, with two sovereign, democratic states as peaceful neighbours and with Jerusalem as a shared capital; calls on all parties to renew efforts to remove the obstacles to this solution and condemns the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as such an obstacle; welcomes sanctions adopted against extremist Israeli settlers; underscores the role of the Palestinian Authority as the EU’s main interlocutor in Palestine and reaffirms that any future governance in Gaza must exclude the participation of terrorist organisations and must ensure the demilitarisation of Gaza; reiterates its opposition to any annexation plan for Gaza or any other Palestinian territory and against mass forcible transfers; strongly condemns Palestinian terrorism and support for it, and underlines that terrorism runs counter to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/46

Amendment 46

Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 52 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

52a. Strongly supports the courageous demonstrators in Iran who are calling for freedom and democracy; condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the violence used by the Iranian Islamic regime against the demonstrators, including arrests, imprisonment and torture; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested and imprisoned for exercising their fundamental freedoms, as well as all political prisoners held in Iran; calls for the EU to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation and to further extend sanctions, as a matter of urgency, to all individuals of the regime who are complicit in the repression and murder of the protestors and in all forms of violence against them;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/47

Amendment 47

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 77 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

77a. Urges the Commission to step up cooperation with the United States on its foreign policy combating drug cartels and transnational crime organisations with their origins in Latin America and the Caribbean, as they pose a direct threat to the national security of the EU Member States; urges the Commission to immediately suspend any financial aid for those regimes not complying with the most basic fundamental rights of their citizens, such as the regimes in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua; calls, in particular, on the Commission to trigger the democratic clause and immediately suspend the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Cuba;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/48

Amendment 48

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 77 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

77b. Supports a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela; acknowledges the present threats to the stability of the country after 25 years under a dictatorial regime; acknowledges the courage and leadership demonstrated by Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado in their fight for freedom and democracy for the Venezuelan people;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/49

Amendment 49

Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 91

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

91. Reiterates its call for the Council to gradually transition to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, specifically in the context of our sanctions regime; acknowledges the concerns of some Member States regarding a perceived reduction in their influence over foreign and security policy at EU level; recalls that the VP/HR is tasked, as set out in her mission letter, with triggering the use of Treaty provisions enabling qualified majority voting for the CFSP and, accordingly, expects the VP/HR to engage in constructive dialogue with the Member States to that end; encourages the full use of all possibilities that currently exist to enhance decisiveness in this regard and calls on the Member States to make greater and more transparent use of constructive abstention in line with Article 31(1) TEU in cases where they cannot endorse a decision but do not wish to block the Union’s collective action; stresses that this approach strengthens the EU’s ability to respond swiftly and coherently to international crises, while respecting national sovereignty, and demonstrates that greater effectiveness in the CFSP is already possible without a Treaty change; recognises that progress towards the application of qualified majority voting can only be gradual, building on the formation of a European strategic culture;

91. Rejects any attempts to implement qualified majority voting in the Council for decisions in areas of the CFSP; reaffirms that foreign and security policy remains a core competence of the Member States and that unanimity is essential for safeguarding national sovereignty, democratic accountability and the diverse strategic interests of the Member States;

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15.1.2026 A10-0253/50

Amendment 50

Mieke Andriese, Nikola Bartůšek, Paolo Borchia, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, Isabella Tovaglieri

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0253/2025

David McAllister

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

(2025/2164(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 94

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

94. Commends the efforts of the European Diplomatic Academy to contribute to an EU diplomatic corps and culture; calls for the Academy to include European citizens who are not only Member States’ diplomats; stresses the importance of ensuring that sufficient resources, including human resources, are allocated to the Academy;

94. Expresses grave concern about the serious allegations of fraud and irregularities involving the College of Europe and the EEAS in the tender procedure for the European Diplomatic Academy; welcomes the resignation of Federica Mogherini and the retirement of Stefano Sannino; believes, in view of the ongoing investigations, that the College of Europe should cease the operations of the European Diplomatic Academy until full clarity, accountability and transparency are ensured;

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