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Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025
14.1.2026 A10-0265/5
Amendment 5
Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Citation 1 a (new)
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– having regard to the neutrality of certain Member States and the need to ensure that no policies are pursued which would compromise such neutrality;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/6
Amendment 6
Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion
on behalf of The Left Group
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Recital E a (new)
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Ea. whereas the neutrality of certain Member States must be respected and no policies should be pursued which would undermine such neutrality;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/7
Amendment 7
Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Damien Carême, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith, Manon Aubry
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph 14
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14. Notes the deep instability in the Middle East and the West, North and Central Africa regions, and its linkage to the Jihadist terrorist threat;
14. Notes the deep instability in the Middle East and the West, North and Central Africa regions, and its linkage to the Jihadist terrorist threat and the belligerence and lack of respect for international law of the Israeli Government;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/8
Amendment 8
Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Lynn Boylan, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán, Damien Carême, Emma Fourreau, Anthony Smith, Manon Aubry
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph 15
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15. Deplores the fact that escalations and the violation of international law in Gaza and the broader region diminish the chances of long-term peace for all people in the Middle East; welcomes the US-negotiated peace plan between Israel and Hamas leading to a ceasefire; calls on all parties to fully comply with the ceasefire, to deliver the bodies of all deceased hostages to their families, to allow the rapid delivery of humanitarian aid and access for other civilian assistance missions, and calls for a workable roadmap towards a two-state solution, the restoration of security and public order, including the disarmament of Hamas, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the reform and empowerment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip as necessary priority steps; considers it a pivotal moment for the entire region and a starting point towards further de-escalation and stability; urges the EU to swiftly broaden the mandate of its EU Border Assistance Mission to Rafah (EUBAM Rafah) and the EU Mission for the Support of Palestinian Police and Rule of Law (EUPOL-COPPS) in order to play a pivotal role in progress towards a viable political solution, including through support for the rule of law, security-sector reform and transitional justice;
15. Deplores the fact that escalations and the violation of international law in Gaza and the broader region diminish the chances of long-term peace for all people in the Middle East; condemns, in the strongest terms, Israeli war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing committed in Gaza, as well as the illegal occupation and colonisation of Palestine; recalls that the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024 create obligations for all states party to the Genocide Convention and require them to employ all means reasonably available to prevent genocide; calls therefore for a full military embargo on Israel, an effective ban on all trade supporting the illegal occupation of Palestine and the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement1a; calls for full compliance with the ceasefire, condemns the recent announcement to suspend the operation of several international humanitarian aid organisations which deliver life-saving aid to the Palestinians in Gaza and calls for the permanent lifting of all entry restrictions for humanitarian aid and other civilian assistance missions throughout Palestine; demands the full withdrawal of Israel from Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem; condemns Israel’s repeated attacks in the Middle East, including on Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Iraq and Iran and its illegal occupation of parts of Syria and Lebanon as an amplifying and driving force for instability in the region;
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1a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, (OJ L 147, 21.6.2000, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2000/384/oj).
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/9
Amendment 9
Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
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19. Reiterates its concern about Russia’s intensified militarisation and its aggressive posture towards the EU Member States, increased geopolitical, climate-change- and resource-driven competition in the Arctic as well as malign activities in European territorial waters and exclusive economic zones, including through the activities of the Russian shadow fleet; is also concerned about increased Chinese presence and the deepened cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic, including joint exercises; stresses that it is essential to counterbalance Russia and China’s growing influence and military presence in the region; underlines the importance of overall stability and peace in the Arctic in accordance with the principles of international law; calls for concrete and effective action by the EU and its Member States using all available means and maximum strategic creativity to stop the shadow fleet, enhance Arctic and maritime domain awareness through enhanced surveillance, intelligence sharing and satellite monitoring, and protect critical infrastructure; stresses the need for the EU to ensure the effective monitoring of its external maritime borders to prevent illegal activities; is concerned by non-EU countries’ interference in Greenland, notably inflammatory narratives and the conduct of hybrid actions on Greenland’s territory, as well as the US Government’s formulation of explicit threats against Greenland’s sovereignty;
19. Reiterates its concern about intensified militarisation of the Arctic region by Russia and Arctic NATO states, increased geopolitical, climate-change and resource-driven competition in the Arctic as well as environmentally harmful activities, including the activities of the Russian shadow fleet; stresses the need to protect the fragile environment of the Arctic and underlines the importance of overall stability and peace in the region; stresses that the EU should pursue policies that ensure the highest priority for protecting the Arctic region, which in turn is one of the principal global climate regulators and is a major source of income for the inhabitants of the region, underlining the need for knowledge- and science-based policy that involves local Arctic communities and knowledge institutions; points out that the Arctic states have on several occasions declared their commitment to and worked towards resolving possible conflicts of interest in accordance with the principles of international law; emphasises that, despite the differences between the Arctic and Antarctic, but also due to their similarities, the Antarctic Treaty creates a framework for peaceful research and cooperation without becoming entangled in territorial disputes; calls, in this regard, for work on a similar framework for peaceful research and cooperation in the Arctic context; underlines the importance of overall stability and peace in the Arctic in accordance with the principles of international law; is concerned by non-EU countries’ interference in Greenland, notably inflammatory narratives and the conduct of hybrid actions on Greenland’s territory, as well as the US Government’s formulation of explicit threats against Greenland’s sovereignty; strongly condemns these repeated threats to the territorial integrity of Greenland by the US President and his administration, by their assertion of direct territorial claims against Greenland, including the threat of military force;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/10
Amendment 10
Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
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27. Stresses the EU’s obligation and strategic long-term global interest in maintaining the rules and values-based international order, ensuring respect for international law and upholding multilateralism; notes that traditional peacebuilding, peace negotiation expertise, transitional justice and confidence-building measures remain critically important, despite current trends; calls for the EU to assume a leading role in shaping peace negotiations and peaceful transitions in the major conflicts affecting Europe and its immediate neighbourhood; underlines that the EU should ensure its relevance in this regard by exploiting the full potential of CSDP instruments in order to ensure that peace negotiations benefit from its expertise in securing sustainable and fair peace; urges the EU and its Member States to further deepen existing partnerships and seek new partnerships with countries that share the same belief in multilateralism and a rules-based international order; insists on the importance of a strong and close partnership with the UK on security and defence with specific conditions, and welcomes the EU-UK Security and Defence Partnership;
27. Stresses the EU’s obligation and strategic long-term global interest in maintaining the rules and values-based international order, based on international law, the UN system and multilateralism; notes that traditional peacebuilding, peace negotiation expertise, transitional justice and confidence-building measures remain critically important, despite current trends; calls for the EU to assume a leading role in shaping peace negotiations and peaceful transitions in the major conflicts affecting Europe and its immediate neighbourhood; underlines that the EU should ensure its relevance in this regard by exploiting the full potential of civil instruments in order to ensure that peace negotiations benefit from its expertise in securing sustainable and fair peace; urges the EU and its Member States to further deepen existing partnerships and seek new partnerships with countries that share the same belief in multilateralism and a rules-based order founded on international law;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/11
Amendment 11
Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
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28. Regrets the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes; calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend and demands that the EU play a much stronger role, in particular in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; points out that, while a nuclear deterrent is of crucial importance in protecting Europe as a continent, the UK and France are the only European countries that possess nuclear weapons; reaffirms its full support for the EU and its Member States’ commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime; stresses the need for an effective EU-level armaments policy to be developed and for greater transparency and convergence at national and EU level on arms exports, especially during a period of increased defence spending and EDTIB reinforcement; calls on the Member States to respect the EU Common Position on Arms Exports and acknowledges their competences in their defence acquisition policies; calls on the Member States to fully comply with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP10 and to strictly implement Criterion Four on regional stability and halt arms export licensing if there is a clear risk that the intended recipient might use the arms aggressively against another country in general and the Member States in particular;
28. Regrets the weakening of non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control regimes; calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend and demands that the EU play a much stronger role, in particular in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; calls, in this regard, for the EU to actively support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to work towards its implementation and further ratification by the EU Member States that have not done so; reaffirms its full support for the EU and its Member States’ commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime; stresses the need for greater transparency and convergence at national and EU level on arms exports, especially during a period of increased defence spending and EDTIB; calls on the Member States to respect the EU Common Position on Arms Exports; calls on the Member States to fully comply with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and to strictly implement Criterion Four on regional stability and halt arms export licensing if there is a clear risk that the intended recipient might use the arms aggressively against another country in general and the Member States in particular;
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10 Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, (OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 99, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/compos/2008/944/oj).
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/12
Amendment 12
Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Danilo Della Valle, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
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49. Welcomes the recent substantial defence expenditure increases; notes the focus on national defence spending, including in the Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030, which leaves critical issues around fragmentation, potential budgetary and operational synergies, and interoperability unresolved; notes that making joint procurement the rule of the EDTIB could save billions of euro in defence spending; stresses the need to ensure that EU funds are channelled into collaborative projects, with clear European added value, that reduce our dependencies on non-EU countries; is of the view that, without structural European reform and collaboration, increased national spending may lead to continued duplication of efforts and inefficiencies; emphasises that the development of an internal market for defence also requires a lasting and coordinated financial framework that enables long-term investment planning; calls for the pooling of parts of national defence budgets at EU level, in order to generate economies of scale and invest in capabilities used for the collective defence of the EU; stresses that defence investment must be supported by coordinated multiannual planning between the EU and the Member States, in line with the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence and NATO Capability Development Plan documents; calls on the Commission to further explore targeted EU grant funding options to complement funding from SAFE loans, EU programmes and national budgets;
49. Deplores the recent substantial defence expenditure increases; stresses that the use of EU programmes and funds, such as EDF, EDIP, ReARM and SAFE, to amplify the build-up of military industrial sectors violates Article 41(2) TEU, which prohibits spending from the EU budget for military purposes; opposes the militarisation of the EU and the establishment of a military union;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/13
Amendment 13
Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph 74 a (new)
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74a. Regrets that the roles of NATO and the EU are consistently conflated and believes that this undermines the neutrality of certain Member States and is inconsistent with the founding principles of the EU as a peace project;
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14.1.2026 A10-0265/14
Amendment 14
Lynn Boylan, Kathleen Funchion, Estrella Galán
on behalf of The Left Group
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81 a (new)
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81a. Affirms that the neutrality of certain Member States must be respected and that no policies should be pursued which would compromise such neutrality;
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