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DRAFT REPORT (2025/2083(INI))

On EU political strategy on Latin America

AFET-PR-773170

Committee on Foreign Affairs · Rapporteur: Davor Ivo Stier

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This draft report proposes an EU political strategy on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), calling for renewed engagement, condemnation of authoritarian regimes, and stronger cooperation on trade, security, and global issues ahead of the 2025 EU-CELAC summit.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes a renewed EU political strategy on Latin America, urging proactive re-engagement, condemnation of authoritarian regimes, and stronger cooperation on trade, security, and global issues.

Key points

  1. Calls for the EU and member states to step up diplomatic efforts to promote convergence with LAC on foreign policy, including a firmer stance on Russia's war against Ukraine.
  2. Condemns regimes in Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela, including human rights violations, electoral fraud in Venezuela, and repression in Nicaragua.
  3. Welcomes the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement, the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement, and the EU-Mexico Global Agreement, calling for their swift ratification or signing.
  4. Calls for leveraging the Global Gateway initiative to increase investment in LAC, given the growing Chinese presence.
  5. Highlights the need to combat organised crime and drug trafficking through multilateral cooperation, including the EU-LAC Partnership on Justice and Security and EL PAcCTO 2.0.
  6. Supports strengthening regional security cooperation through the expansion of the Latin America Committee for Internal Security and the formalisation of AMERIPOL.
  7. Advocates addressing root causes of organised crime, such as corruption, weak governance, and social inequality, combining law enforcement with social policies.
  8. Welcomes parliamentary cooperation through the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly and stresses the role of parliamentary diplomacy.
  9. Calls for a new ambitious roadmap at the 2025 EU-CELAC summit, reaffirming commitment to multilateralism, condemning Russia's war, and driving green and digital initiatives.

Who is affected

  • EU institutions and member states, which are called to intensify diplomatic, economic, and security engagement with LAC.
  • LAC countries, particularly those with authoritarian regimes (Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela), which are condemned and face demands for change.
  • EU and LAC security and law enforcement bodies, which are encouraged to strengthen cooperation against organised crime.

Figures and deadlines

  • EU and LAC together account for a third of the UN members' population and around 21% of global GDP.
  • The November 2025 EU-CELAC summit in Colombia is identified as a key opportunity.

Legal basis: Title V of the Treaty on European Union on EU external action