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Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic

2025/2116(INI)·10th term·AFET·INI

Summary

This own-initiative dossier sets out a recommendation on the EU's diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic. The amendments revise citations and recitals on the Arctic as a zone of peace and a fragile ecosystem, Russia's military build-up and increased Chinese presence, indigenous peoples, the Arctic Council, the UNCLOS and the Paris Agreement, warming, melting sea ice, thawing permafrost, and commercial corridors such as the Northern Sea Route.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
22 Sep 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
26 Nov 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole

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tabled at least one

Committee

22 Sep 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

13 roll-call votes

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1. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1 · point a (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 1, point a/1 · what was voted ↗
  627 for5 against26 abstentions61 did not vote
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2. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1 · point a (part 2 of a split vote)
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  523 for43 against85 abstentions68 did not vote
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3. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1 · point c (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 1, point c/2 · what was voted ↗
  509 for109 against41 abstentions60 did not vote
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4. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1 · point e
  Official label: § 1, point e · what was voted ↗
  532 for85 against46 abstentions56 did not vote
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5. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1 · point g
  Official label: § 1, point g · what was voted ↗
  538 for75 against44 abstentions62 did not vote
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6. 26 Nov 2025Rejected
  On amendment 3 · paragraph 1 · point e
  Official label: § 1, après le point e - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  89 for523 against44 abstentions63 did not vote
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7. 26 Nov 2025Rejected
  On amendment 4 · paragraph 1 · point o
  Official label: § 1, après le point o - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
  131 for477 against57 abstentions54 did not vote
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8. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1
  Official label: § 1, point ad/1 · what was voted ↗
  563 for73 against24 abstentions59 did not vote
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9. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1
  Official label: § 1, point ad/2 · what was voted ↗
  481 for113 against67 abstentions58 did not vote
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10. 26 Nov 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 1
  Official label: § 1, point ad/3 · what was voted ↗
  504 for88 against64 abstentions63 did not vote
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26 Nov 2025Adopted
On paragraph 1
Official label: § 1, point ag/2 · what was voted ↗
518 for109 against32 abstentions60 did not vote
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26 Nov 2025Adopted
On recital L
Official label: Considérant L/2 · what was voted ↗
452 for201 against11 abstentions55 did not vote
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26 Nov 2025Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
510 for75 against80 abstentions54 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments5 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital I
Current text
I. whereas there has been no progress on the EU’s application to become a full observer to the Arctic Council;
Amendment
I. whereas there has been no progress on the EU’s application to become a full observer to the Arctic Council; whereas it can be argued that the Arctic Council is fundamentally an intergovernmental body of the eight Arctic states and the EU does not meet the Arctic Council’s observer criteria; whereas the decision to grant observer status is made by a consensus among the eight Arctic states; whereas the lack of progress on the EU’s application may also be as a result of the unbalanced policies of the EU, which are leading to the decline of its geopolitical influence; whereas although the EU does not have formal observer status, it already cooperates with the Arctic Council in working groups,…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
official amendment document ↗
Amendment 2ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital AQ
Current text
AQ. whereas the Arctic suffers from a shortage of infrastructure, placing local populations and others at a disadvantage; whereas the development of multipurpose infrastructure projects could help address both these shortcomings and broader security ~~challenges;~~
Amendment
AQ. whereas the Arctic suffers from a shortage of infrastructure, placing local populations and others at a disadvantage; whereas the development of multipurpose infrastructure projects could help address both these shortcomings and broader security challenges, once such shortcomings have been resolved in the EU Member States;
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Amendment 3ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Amendment
ea) affirm that Arctic security must rely on the Member States’ own capabilities for surveillance, protection of critical infrastructure and crisis management, to ensure that the EU does not depend exclusively on NATO or external actors to guarantee the stability of the region;
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Amendment 4ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Amendment
oa) recall that primary competence for the exploitation of natural, energy and mineral resources in the Arctic lies with the sovereign Member States concerned; underline that EU initiatives must fully respect the economic, energy and industrial choices of the Member States and their Arctic partners, and should not impose disproportionate constraints that go beyond the requirements of international law;
official amendment document ↗
Amendment 5ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 – point a n
Current text
an) underline that a stronger regional dialogue with ~~like-minded~~ ~~partners~~ in the Arctic is ~~necessary, and call upon EU leaders to bring together the leaders of such partners~~ in order to establish a common, substantial and viable long-term Arctic strategy;
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an) underline that a stronger regional dialogue with all stakeholders in the Arctic is appropriate in order to establish a common, substantial and viable long-term Arctic strategy;
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