On the continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania
B-10-2025-0578
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Nicolae Ștefănuță, Maria Ohisalo, Sergey Lagodinsky, Mārtiņš Staķis, Ville Niinistö, Hannah Neumann, Virginijus Sinkevičius
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This resolution condemns Belarus's hybrid attacks against Lithuania, including balloon incursions, and calls for further sanctions, EU unity, and measures to protect critical infrastructure and aviation.¶¶¶ It also urges accountability for Belarusian crimes, including through the International Criminal Court, and stresses the need for societal resilience and preparedness.¶¶
Key points
- Expresses solidarity with Lithuania and stresses that attacks on one Member State are attacks on the EU as a whole, requiring a united response.¶
- Strongly condemns Belarus's actions, calls on it to cease airspace violations and fight organised crime.¶
- Welcomes existing sanctions and calls for further effective sanctions, including on officials responsible for transnational repression, and for sanctions equal to those on Russia.¶
- Calls for an off-budget financial facility to pool national defence budgets, open to non-EU countries, and for use of Security Action for Europe loans.¶
- Highlights hybrid attacks by Belarus and Russia to destabilise societies, stressing societal resilience and preparedness.¶
- Requests the Commission to prepare measures to protect critical infrastructure and trans-European transport services.¶
- Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure international accountability for Belarus's illegal restraint of EU vehicles and endangering civil aviation.¶
- Calls for strengthened sanctions against those responsible for sanctions evasion, repression, human rights violations, and complicity in Russia's war, closing loopholes.¶
- Urges the International Criminal Court to expedite proceedings on crimes against humanity and demands national proceedings under universal jurisdiction.¶
Who is affected
- Lithuania: receives solidarity and support against hybrid attacks.¶
- Belarus: faces condemnation, calls to cease attacks, and potential further sanctions.¶¶
- EU Member States: called to stand united, impose sanctions, and use loans for defence.¶¶
- International Criminal Court: urged to expedite proceedings on Belarusian crimes.¶
Figures and deadlines
- Around 600 weather balloons entered EU airspace since start of 2025, causing 16 airport closures, affecting over 300 flights and more than 47,000 passengers, and over EUR 750,000 in losses.¶
- Lithuania confiscated 1.4 million packs of illicit cigarettes in 2024, of which 1.2 million were marked for sale in Belarus.¶
- Lithuania hosts over 50,000 migrants from Belarus.¶