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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2569(RSP))

On the need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria

B-10-2025-0157

on behalf of the S&D Group · Rapporteur: Yannis Maniatis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro, Evin Incir

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This resolution addresses EU support for Syria's transition and reconstruction after the fall of Assad. It calls for an inclusive, democratic transition, accountability for crimes, and EU aid for rebuilding, migration, and regional stability.

Key points

  1. Welcomes the fall of Assad's regime and supports an inclusive, democratic transition led by Syrians, respecting sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.
  2. Calls for inclusion of all communities, women's participation and gender equality, and maintaining progress in Rojava.
  3. Urges continued fight against Daesh, destruction of chemical weapons, landmines, and cluster munitions.
  4. Demands accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including preserving evidence and ratifying the Rome Statute.
  5. Supports a Syrian-led National Dialogue and new institutional framework ensuring equal rights and social protections.
  6. Calls for implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 338, dismantling Israel's occupation of Golan Heights, and respect for the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.
  7. Urges Türkiye to halt military action in north-eastern Syria and withdraw forces; calls for withdrawal of destabilising actors like Russia and Iran.
  8. Condemns suspension of asylum applications by some Member States and calls for coordinated, humane asylum frameworks and voluntary returns.
  9. Calls for EU-wide strategy to support refugee-hosting countries and facilitate remittances from the diaspora.
  10. Supports suspension of sanctions on energy, transport, and financial sectors, with monitoring of rights as precondition; maintains targeted sanctions on individuals.
  11. Calls for using frozen Assad assets for a trust fund, increasing EU presence, and supporting reconstruction of healthcare and water infrastructure.
  12. Urges a comprehensive strategy for engaging civil society and diaspora, and supports IIIM's work with increased funding.

Who is affected

  • Syrian transitional authorities: must ensure inclusive transition, accountability, and ratify the Rome Statute.
  • Türkiye: urged to halt military action and withdraw forces from north-eastern Syria.
  • EU Member States: called to establish flexible asylum frameworks and support refugee-hosting countries.
  • EU institutions: called to increase presence, support reconstruction, and fund IIIM.

Figures and deadlines

  • 500,000 lives lost and 14 million displaced in Syria's civil war.
  • Approximately 500,000 internally displaced people have returned; 7.4 million remain displaced.
  • Almost 17 million people (70% of population) require humanitarian assistance.
  • EU and Member States mobilised over EUR 33.3 billion in assistance.
  • 5.5 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries; 438,000 Palestine refugees in Syria.
  • Approximately 12,000 foreign citizens held in camps in north-eastern Syria.