2025 Commission report on Ukraine

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.

1. Amendment 1PfEMotion for a resolution · Recital M a (new)
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   Ma. whereas Ukraine’s integration in the EU, could, under a constant budget, result in a 20 % reduction in the support available to farmers in the current Member States; notes that this risk would be further exacerbated by the envisaged reduction of at least 20 % in funds for the next common agricultural policy (CAP), excluding inflation, as well as by the budget’s integration into a single fund, which would deprive the CAP of its budgetary autonomy and effectively relegate it to the status of a secondary EU policy;

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2. Amendment 2PfEMotion for a resolution · Recital M b (new)
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   Mb. whereas the war in Ukraine, excessive loans and financial instruments and the misguided sanctions policy have contributed to record high energy prices, significant burdens on businesses and households in the EU and raise serious concerns about the security of European taxpayers; whereas Ukraine’s forced and accelerated accession does not serve the interests of EU citizens;

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3. Amendment 3PfEMotion for a resolution · Recital N
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   N. whereas the current Copenhagen criteria require not only formal alignment with EU law but also effective implementation and guarantees of fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas each country’s path towards EU integration must be assessed on its own merits and no country should be coupled with another or treated as part of a package;

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   N. whereas EU accession is a merit-based process based on full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria, including the stability of democratic institutions, the rule of law, judicial independence, the fight against corruption and respect for fundamental rights; whereas Ukraine, like any other candidate country, must be assessed strictly on the basis of its fulfilment of those criteria and should not benefit from any preferential treatment or accelerated procedures;

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4. Amendment 4PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 31 a (new)
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   31a. Stresses that Ukraine’s accession to the EU would have far-reaching consequences for the EU’s agricultural sector by disrupting the balance of the EU internal market and exerting downward pressure on agricultural prices, to the detriment of farmers in the EU; expresses its concern that Ukraine could become the largest beneficiary of the common agricultural policy (CAP) at a time when its budget is expected to decrease, thereby reducing support available to farmers across the EU;

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5. Amendment 5PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 31 b (new)
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   31b. Stresses that any further progress in Ukraine’s accession process should be preceded by a comprehensive assessment of its potential economic and social impact on the EU’s internal market, in critical sectors such as agriculture, employment, industry and the labour market;

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6. Amendment 6PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 31 c (new)
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   31c. Expresses concern over the non-respect of the same phytosanitary standards, plant protection and animal welfare rules in Ukraine as those applicable to European farmers, and over the increasing concentration of agricultural land in Ukraine in the hands of investment funds operating large-scale mega-farms, a model that is fundamentally at odds with the family-farming structure that underpins European agriculture;

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7. Amendment 7The LeftMotion for a resolution · Recital V a (new)
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   Va. whereas Ukraine’s accession would entail significant budgetary implications for the EU, in particular for the common agricultural policy and cohesion policy; whereas recent studies indicate that enlargement would have substantial redistributive effects on current allocations and could place additional pressure on the EU’s less developed regions, including those in southern Italy;

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8. Amendment 8The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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   3a. Calls on the Council, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission to appoint, without further delay, one or more EU Special Envoys for Peace in Ukraine, with a clear mandate to engage all parties to the conflict, as well as key international actors; stresses that such an appointment must be accompanied by a structured negotiating brief, adequate resources, and regular reporting to Parliament; recalls that effective mediation requires direct engagement with all parties to a conflict, including those whose conduct is condemned;

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9. Amendment 9The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 b (new)
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   3b. Calls for the EU and its Member States to prioritise diplomatic engagement and to develop a comprehensive peace initiative for Ukraine under the auspices of the UN and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and a structured multilateral dialogue process involving Ukraine, Russia, the EU, the United States, China and other relevant international actors from the global south; underlines that sustained diplomatic engagement is a necessary condition for ending the war and preventing further loss of life;

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10. Amendment 10The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 c (new)
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    3c. Reiterates its call for a ceasefire and for structured, inclusive, and transparent negotiations under the auspices of the UN and the OSCE; calls for the EU to actively support the reconstruction of a pan-European security architecture based on the principles of the Helsinki Final Act;

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11. Amendment 11The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 20
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    20. Calls for intensified efforts to dismantle Russia’s shadow fleet operations, which pose a substantial and growing risk to maritime safety, particularly in the strategically vital Baltic Sea; urges the Member States to strictly respect EU legislation and halt all imports of the Russian liquefied natural gas and natural gas, revenues from which have been steadily supporting the Russian war machine and undermining the effectiveness of EU sanctions and the EU’s support for Ukraine;

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    20. Calls for intensified efforts to dismantle Russia’s shadow fleet operations, which pose a substantial and growing risk to maritime safety and the environment, particularly in the strategically vital Baltic Sea; calls in this regard for closer cooperation between authorities in Member States around the Baltic Sea to ensure shadow fleet operations are stopped effectively; urges the Member States to strictly respect EU legislation and halt all imports of the Russian liquefied natural gas and natural gas, revenues from which have been steadily supporting the Russian war machine and undermining the effectiveness of EU sanctions and the EU’s support for Ukraine;

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12. Amendment 12The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 a (new)
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    21a. Firmly opposes any proposal to exclude Ukrainian nationals of military age from the scope of the Temporary Protection Directive1a or to condition their continued protection status on compliance with Ukrainian military mobilisation requirements; recalls that the Temporary Protection Directive is a humanitarian instrument designed to provide immediate protection to persons fleeing armed conflict, and that its application cannot be made conditional on the military or political choices of the country of origin; stresses that the right to seek protection from war as well as the right to conscientious objection are fundamental rights that apply equally to all persons regardless of age or gend…

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13. Amendment 13The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 23 a (new)
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    23a. Calls for the cancellation of Ukraine’s foreign debt in order to enable a genuine recovery and reconstruction of its society, based on the highest social and environmental standards and to ensure that when the Ukrainian people regain their independence from the Russian aggressor, they will not fall into a new form of economic dependence;

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14. Amendment 14The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 31 a (new)
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    31a. Expresses its grave concern about the potential budgetary repercussions of Ukraine’s accession for the EU, in particular with respect to the common agricultural policy (CAP) and the Cohesion Funds; underlines that enlargement must not be pursued to the detriment of regions already suffering from persistent structural and development disparities, including Southern Italy; insists that any accession process be preceded by a comprehensive impact assessment on the most disadvantaged regions of the EU, with particular regard to those classed as ‘less developed’;

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15. Amendment 15The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 52 a (new)
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    52a. Expresses deep concern over the alleged involvement of circles close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, namely Timur Mindich and others, in corruption schemes under investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and over legislation that has been characterised by anti-corruption watchdogs as designed to hinder this investigation, namely law no. 12414; insists that, although this step was later reversed in law no. 13533, a stronger effort is also necessary to fight corruption at the highest levels of politics and government;

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16. Amendment 16The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 66 a (new)
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    66a. Expresses serious concern regarding the official commemoration at state level of historical figures and organisations responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whose leaders collaborated with Nazi Germany and whose forces were responsible for the mass killing of tens of thousands of Polish and Jewish civilians during the Second World War; notes with concern the presidential decree of May 2026 granting the honorary title of ‘Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army’ to a unit of Ukraine’s special forces, as well as the state-level reburial ceremony of OUN leader Andriy Melnyk at…

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17. Amendment 17The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 71 a (new)
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    71a. Highlights the negative effects of trade liberalisation and structural reforms on Ukraine’s agricultural sector; urges the Commission to carry out a comprehensive social impact assessment of the accession process on rural communities and smallholders; stresses that land ownership transparency and anti-monopoly regulations must be enforced before further integration of agricultural markets;

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18. Amendment 18The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 108 a (new)
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    108a. Expresses the gravest concern at the repeated attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; underlines that a nuclear accident at Europe’s largest power plant would be a catastrophe with consequences that would be transboundary and irreversible; calls on all parties to unconditionally halt any and all military action that could endanger the power plant; calls on the EU Member States to support the deployment of UN peacekeepers to protect Ukraine’s nuclear reactors, in close cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency; stresses that the UN General Assembly possesses subsidiary decision-making powers under Resolution 377 A in cases where the Security Council is unable to a…

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19. Amendment 19ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 29
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    29. Welcomes the completion of the screening process for all clusters, taking note of the Commission’s and the Council’s assessment that Ukraine has made substantial progress towards the opening of negotiating clusters; salutes the March 2026 European Council’s invitation to the Council to open all negotiating clusters without delay and calls on the Council to act immediately to follow up on that decision, starting with the fundamentals cluster; meanwhile, welcomes the decision by the Commission and the Cyprus Presidency of the Council to continue negotiations at the technical level in anticipation of opening the negotiations in the future;

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    29. Welcomes the completion of the screening process for all clusters, taking note of the Commission’s and the Council’s assessment that Ukraine has made substantial progress towards the opening of negotiating clusters; stresses that no negotiating clusters can be opened as long as Ukraine refuses to recognise the ethnic cleansing campaign carried out by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) against Poles as well as its mass atrocities committed against the Jewish population; meanwhile, welcomes the decision by the Commission and the Cyprus Presidency of the Council to continue negotiations at the technical level in anticipation of opening the negotiations in the future;

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20. Amendment 20ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 33
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    33. Considers that Ukraine’s cooperative and forward-looking policy towards neighbouring countries, including the resolution of bilateral disputes and historical dialogue, contributes to progress in the accession process and underlines that the accession process should not be misused to obstruct merit-based progress on the European path or to outweigh the broader strategic interests of the Union, and that such matters must rather be addressed through open dialogue and genuine cooperation;

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    33. Considers that Ukraine’s cooperative and forward-looking policy towards neighbouring countries, including the resolution of bilateral disputes and historical dialogue, contributes to progress in the accession process and underlines that the accession process should not be misused to obstruct merit-based progress on the European path or to outweigh the broader strategic interests of the Union, and that such matters must rather be addressed through open dialogue and genuine cooperation; stresses that Ukraine must denounce the ideology, symbolism and actions of the UPA, acknowledge the mass crimes committed against the Polish and Jewish populations, and conduct exhumations and proper burial…

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21. Amendment 21ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 61 a (new)
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    61a. Recognises the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) as an organisation aligned with Nazi ideology and responsible for mass atrocities against the civilian population, the glorification of which is incompatible with European values;

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22. Amendment 22ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 61 b (new)
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    61b. Expresses its concern over reports from certain local authorities in Member States, including Denmark, regarding instances of young people from Ukrainian refugee communities displaying symbols directly associated with Nazi ideology, which also constitute the symbolism of the UPA, whose members were responsible for mass crimes against Polish and Jewish civilians in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia; stresses the importance of historical education, intercultural dialogue and the unequivocal condemnation of all manifestations of Nazism, antisemitism, xenophobia and the glorification of perpetrators of war crimes;

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23. Amendment 23PPEMotion for a resolution · Recital D
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    D. whereas, despite broad international condemnation and unprecedented sanctions, Russia is escalating its war efforts through targeted attacks on critical energy infrastructure, residential buildings and civilian infrastructure; whereas millions of people in Ukraine survived the recent freezing winter temperatures with limited electricity, heating and running water; whereas the environmental damage caused by Russia over the past four years has also had devastating consequences for Ukraine’s natural resources and critical ecosystems and for its people’s health, livelihoods and security;

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    D. whereas, despite broad international condemnation and unprecedented sanctions, Russia is escalating its war efforts through targeted attacks on critical energy infrastructure, residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, as well as on cultural heritage and religious sites, such as the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra; whereas millions of people in Ukraine survived the recent freezing winter temperatures with limited electricity, heating and running water; whereas the environmental damage caused by Russia over the past four years has also had devastating consequences for Ukraine’s natural resources and critical ecosystems and for its people’s health, livelihoods and security;

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24. Amendment 24PPEMotion for a resolution · Recital W a (new)
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    Wa. whereas the joint statement signed on 11 December 2025 by Commissioner Marta Kos and Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka (known as the Kos-Kachka plan) is a 10-point reform priority plan to be implemented by the end of 2026; whereas those reforms concern strengthening the rule of law, judicial procedures and the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions; whereas the full and unequivocal implementation of these steps will be an important tangible demonstration of Ukraine’s commitment; whereas relevant think tanks judge that approximately 15 % of the plan had been implemented by mid-2026;

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25. Amendment 25PPEMotion for a resolution · Recital AB a (new)
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    ABa. whereas the new law on public procurement, which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 27 May 2026 and came into force on 24 June 2026, is widely considered to be a genuine reform, aligned with EU legislation and establishing transparency and anti-corruption safeguards for large tenders; whereas the adoption of this legislation unlocked USD 3.4 billion in direct budget support for Ukraine from the World Bank;

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26. Amendment 26PPEMotion for a resolution · Recital AB b (new)
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    ABb. whereas on 15 June 2026, the EU opened accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Cluster 1: Fundamentals, consisting of: Chapter 23: Judiciary and fundamental rights, Chapter 24: Justice, freedom and security, Chapter 5: Public procurement, Chapter 18: Statistics, and Chapter 32: Financial control; whereas negotiations on the fundamentals cluster are the first to be opened and the last to be closed in the accession process and progress on that cluster determines the overall pace of negotiations;

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27. Amendment 27PPEMotion for a resolution · Recital AB c (new)
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    ABc. whereas various Member States have circulated non-papers on the dynamics of Ukraine’s EU accession and options to reinforce future EU accession treaties;

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28. Amendment 28PPEMotion for a resolution · Recital AB d (new)
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    ABd. whereas joint analysis by the European External Action Service and Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation has identified Russian foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) strategies and operations to undermine and erode public support for Ukraine’s EU accession process, in both Ukraine and the EU;

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29. Amendment 29PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11
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    11. Calls for the EU and its Member States to combat Russian disinformation about the war, by fully restricting activities associated with Russian state-controlled media organisations and their contributors across EU Member States, extending relevant individual sanctions lists, pursuing legal accountability for those complicit in state-run propaganda, strengthening digital literacy, promoting fact-based information with special attention to countries specifically targeted by Russian propaganda outside Europe and holding social media platforms accountable for spreading harmful content by strictly enforcing the Digital Services Act5 ; _________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the Europe…

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    11. Calls for the EU and its Member States to combat Russian disinformation about its war of aggression and Ukraine’s EU accession process, by fully restricting activities associated with Russian state-controlled media organisations and their contributors across EU Member States, extending relevant individual sanctions lists, pursuing legal accountability for those complicit in state-run propaganda, strengthening digital literacy, promoting fact-based information with special attention to countries specifically targeted by Russian propaganda outside Europe and holding social media platforms accountable for spreading harmful content by strictly enforcing the Digital Services Act5 ; __________…

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30. Amendment 30PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 17 a (new)
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    17a. welcomes the G7 leaders’ statement on Ukraine of June 2026, including the commitment to (a) support the new momentum on the battlefield and its acceleration, including by considering extending to Ukraine the benefit of licenses to allow for an increase in Ukraine’s military production and (b) increase the pressure on the Russian war economy; calls for the EU and its Member States to take all necessary steps to ensure practical implementation;

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31. Amendment 31PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 19
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    19. Calls, in light of the need for greater pressure on Russia, for increased and more comprehensive and structural sanctions against Russia and its allies, with the aim of depriving it of resources necessary to finance its military machine and sustain its aggression against Ukraine, including targeted individual sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights and Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) against those responsible for grave human rights violations; calls for greater alignment of sanctions lists with those of like-minded partners; strongly calls for increased administrative capacity and financial resources to improve design, implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions; insists that n…

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    19. Calls, in light of the need for greater pressure on Russia, for increased and more comprehensive and structural sanctions against Russia and its allies, with the aim of depriving it of resources necessary to finance its military machine and sustain its aggression against Ukraine, including targeted individual sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights and Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) against those responsible for grave human rights violations; calls for greater alignment of sanctions lists with those of like-minded partners; strongly calls for increased administrative capacity and financial resources to improve design, implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions; insists that n…

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32. Amendment 32PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22
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    22. Commends the Commission’s announcement in January 2026 that it would provide EUR 90 billion in critical support for Ukraine’s budgetary and military needs over the 2026-2027 biennium and welcomes the necessary flexibility featured within the package under the derogation regime laid down in Article 13(5) of the proposed regulation establishing the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 20276 ; welcomes the fact that the Council is finally in a position to resolve the deadlock preventing the operationalisation of the Ukraine Support Loan and calls for the Ukraine Assistance Fund, under the European Peace Facility, to be unblocked; calls on the Governments of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czechia to…

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    22. Commends the Commission’s announcement in January 2026 that it would provide EUR 90 billion in critical support for Ukraine’s budgetary and military needs over the 2026-2027 biennium and welcomes the necessary flexibility featured within the package under the derogation regime laid down in Article 13(5) of the proposed regulation establishing the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 20276 ; welcomes the fact that the Council resolved the deadlock preventing the operationalisation of the Ukraine Support Loan and the unblocking of the Ukraine Assistance Fund, under the European Peace Facility; calls on the Governments of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czechia to reconsider their opt-out arrangemen…

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33. Amendment 33PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 30
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    30. Strongly urges all Member States, and in particular the new Hungarian Government, to stop vetoing the opening of negotiating clusters and to cease using Ukraine’s EU membership prospect in domestic politics and political campaigning;

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    30. Strongly urges all Member States, and in particular the new Hungarian Government, to stop vetoing the opening of negotiating clusters and to cease using Ukraine’s EU membership prospect in domestic politics and political campaigning; welcomes the opening of the first fundamental cluster of accession negotiations and expects that subsequent clusters will follow suit:

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34. Amendment 34PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 32
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    32. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to exercise maximum innovative thinking to ensure that discussions around Ukraine’s EU membership do not become a negative factor in peace talks, for other accession countries, or for Ukraine’s domestic politics; repeats its call to enhance the EU’s capacity to act through the simplification of decision-making processes, such as the introduction of qualified majority voting for intermediate steps in the enlargement process when deciding on the opening and closing of individual negotiating clusters and chapters, fully in line with the Treaties;

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    32. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to exercise maximum innovative thinking to ensure that discussions around Ukraine’s EU membership do not become a negative factor in peace talks, for other accession countries, or for Ukraine’s domestic politics; calls on the Member States to engage actively and constructively in the discussion of proposals aiming to advance Ukraine’s European integration, while reflecting the EU’s strategic interests, taking into account the dynamics in accession countries, including Russia’s attempts to undermine public support for EU enlargement and accession, and advancing the future security of Ukraine and the European continent; repeats its…

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35. Amendment 35PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 32 a (new)
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    32a. Recalls its previously adopted position on the Volhynia massacre, regrets the recent unnecessary and unprovoked escalation by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by renaming an elite military unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA); regrets the disregard for Polish sensitivities and grief related to the UPA’s estimated many tens of thousands of victims and their families, especially in the light of Poland’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression; considers that this decision undermines neighbourly relations and previous efforts to address unresolved and painful aspects of bilateral historical relations in a spirit of…

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36. Amendment 36PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 38 a (new)
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    38a. Stresses the importance of nurturing a constructive political culture and fostering trust-based cooperation among political parties in Ukraine; notes the active participation of Ukrainian parliamentarians in the Jean Monnet Dialogue for Peace and Democracy with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and this year marks 10 years since its launch in October 2016; commends this format as a sustained and constructive instrument of inter-party dialogue that has helped the leadership and all parliamentary factions and groups of the Verkhovna Rada to build consensus on institutional reforms; encourages the Verkhovna Rada to convene a further round to consolidate the reforms required for Ukraine’s acces…

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37. Amendment 37PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 43
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    43. Commends the adoption of the 10-point reform priority plan (the so-called Kos-Kachka plan) agreed between the EU and Ukraine in December 2025, as an important step towards strengthening the rule of law, advancing judicial reform and reinforcing anti-corruption efforts; welcomes the ongoing work to implement the plan and encourages Ukraine to deliver concrete results as soon as possible, moving key reforms beyond discussion or working-group stages;

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    43. Commends the adoption of the 10-point reform priority plan (the so-called Kos-Kachka plan) agreed between the EU and Ukraine in December 2025, as an important step towards strengthening the rule of law, advancing judicial reform and reinforcing anti-corruption efforts; welcomes the ongoing work to implement the plan and encourages Ukraine to deliver concrete results as soon as possible, moving key reforms beyond discussion or working-group stages; highlights that the level of implementation of the plan at mid-2026 at the level of approximately of 15 %, as measured by the Ukrainian think-tank community should be considered unsatisfactory for Ukraine;

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38. Amendment 38PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 51 a (new)
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    51a. Calls on the Ukrainian authorities to remove from national legislation violations of generally recognised European and international standards of parliamentary independence, such as the free representative mandate, the separation of powers, and the principle of legal certainty, insofar as they concern the erroneous equating of a member of the parliament of Ukraine with the status of a public official; stresses that a member of parliament of Ukraine exercises a representative mandate and does not belong to any administrative hierarchy, is not appointed to a position, does not perform official functions, and therefore cannot be defined in national legislation as a public official;

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39. Amendment 39PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 60 a (new)
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    60a. Notes the Council conclusions of 9-10 June 2011 on the memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in Europe and calls on Ukraine to end the public glorification of individuals or formations responsible for crimes against civilian populations, especially the genocide committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) during the Volhynia massacre in 1943, which primarily targeted ethnic Poles, as well as Jewish, Czech and Armenian minority populations;

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40. Amendment 40S&DMotion for a resolution · Recital AB a (new)
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    ABa. whereas various Member States have circulated non-papers regarding the dynamics of Ukraine’s EU accession and options to reinforce future EU accession treaties;

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41. Amendment 41S&DMotion for a resolution · Recital AB b (new)
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    ABb. whereas joint analysis by the European External Action Service and Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation has identified Russian foreign information manipulation and interference strategies and operations to undermine and erode public support for Ukraine’s EU accession process, both in Ukraine and the EU;

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42. Amendment 42S&DMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11
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    11. Calls for the EU and its Member States to combat Russian disinformation about the war, by fully restricting activities associated with Russian state-controlled media organisations and their contributors across EU Member States, extending relevant individual sanctions lists, pursuing legal accountability for those complicit in state-run propaganda, strengthening digital literacy, promoting fact-based information with special attention to countries specifically targeted by Russian propaganda outside Europe and holding social media platforms accountable for spreading harmful content by strictly enforcing the Digital Services Act5 ; _________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the Europe…

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    11. Calls for the EU and its Member States to combat Russian disinformation about its war of aggression and Ukraine’s EU accession process, by fully restricting activities associated with Russian state-controlled media organisations and their contributors across EU Member States, extending relevant individual sanctions lists, pursuing legal accountability for those complicit in state-run propaganda, strengthening digital literacy, promoting fact-based information with special attention to countries specifically targeted by Russian propaganda outside Europe and holding social media platforms accountable for spreading harmful content by strictly enforcing the Digital Services Act5; ___________…

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43. Amendment 43S&DMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 17 a (new)
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    17a. welcomes the G7 Leaders’ statement on Ukraine of June 2026, including 1) support for and acceleration of the new battlefield momentum, including through considering extending to Ukraine the benefit of licences to enable an increase in Ukraine’s military production and 2) increasing the pressure on the Russian war economy; urges the EU and the Member States to take all necessary steps to ensure practical implementation;

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44. Amendment 44S&DMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 19
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    19. Calls, in light of the need for greater pressure on Russia, for increased and more comprehensive and structural sanctions against Russia and its allies, with the aim of depriving it of resources necessary to finance its military machine and sustain its aggression against Ukraine, including targeted individual sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights and Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) against those responsible for grave human rights violations; calls for greater alignment of sanctions lists with those of like-minded partners; strongly calls for increased administrative capacity and financial resources to improve design, implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions; insists that n…

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    19. Calls, in light of the need for greater pressure on Russia, for increased and more comprehensive and structural sanctions against Russia and its allies, with the aim of depriving it of resources necessary to finance its military machine and sustain its aggression against Ukraine, including targeted individual sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights and Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) against those responsible for grave human rights violations; calls for greater alignment of sanctions lists with those of like-minded partners; strongly calls for increased administrative capacity and financial resources to improve design, implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions; insists that n…

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45. Amendment 45S&DMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 32
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    32. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to exercise maximum innovative thinking to ensure that discussions around Ukraine’s EU membership do not become a negative factor in peace talks, for other accession countries, or for Ukraine’s domestic politics; repeats its call to enhance the EU’s capacity to act through the simplification of decision-making processes, such as the introduction of qualified majority voting for intermediate steps in the enlargement process when deciding on the opening and closing of individual negotiating clusters and chapters, fully in line with the Treaties;

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    32. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to exercise maximum innovative thinking to ensure that discussions around Ukraine’s EU membership do not become a negative factor in peace talks, for other accession countries, or for Ukraine’s domestic politics; calls on the Member States to engage actively and constructively in the discussion of proposals aiming to advance Ukraine’s European integration, while reflecting the EU’s strategic interests, taking into account the dynamics in accession countries, including Russia’s attempts to undermine public support for EU enlargement and accession, and advancing the future security of Ukraine and the European continent; repeats its…

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46. Amendment 46S&DMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 32 a (new)
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    32a. Underlines the importance of good neighbourly relations between Poland and Ukraine, in particular against the backdrop of Russia’s continued war of aggression against Ukraine and Poland’s direct proximity to Ukraine and its role in ensuring EU support for Ukraine’s defence; recalls its previously adopted position on the Volhynia massacre; regrets the recent unnecessary and unprovoked escalation by President Volodymir Zelensky by renaming an elite military unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA); regrets the disregard for Polish sensitivities and grief related to the UPA’s countless victims and their families, especially in the light of P…

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47. Amendment 47ESNMotion for a resolution · Citation 2 a (new)
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    – having regard to the Negotiating Framework for the accession negotiations with Ukraine, approved by the Council on 21 June 2024 and presented at the first Intergovernmental Conference on the Accession of Ukraine to the European Union on 25 June 2024;

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48. Amendment 48ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital K a (new)
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    Ka. whereas Ukraine continues to face systemic corruption challenges despite years of reform commitments, as evidenced by recurring corruption scandals involving defence procurement, infrastructure spending and state-owned enterprises; whereas progress in strengthening the rule of law and effectively preventing and combating corruption remains insufficient and uneven;

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49. Amendment 49ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital L a (new)
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    La. whereas several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), such as the 422nd Independent Unmanned Systems Regiment, the ‘Nakhtigal’ Battalion of the 20th Operational Brigade ‘Lubart’ and the 3rd Independent Assault Brigade of the AFU continue to use Nazi symbols and names; whereas the name of the ‘Nakhtigal’ Battalion is a direct reference to Sondergruppe Nachtigall, unofficially called ‘Battalion Ukrainische Gruppe Nachtigall’, which, according to the Yad Vashem institute, committed the massacre of four thousand Jews in Lviv in June and July 1941;

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50. Amendment 50ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital L b (new)
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    Lb. whereas since May 2026 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been a Distinguished Member of the European Order of Merit; whereas the European Order of Merit was established to honour individuals who have made significant contributions to European unity, democracy or to the promotion and defence of European reconciliation; whereas former leader of Solidarność and former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa, who is also a Distinguished Member of the European Order of Merit, declared that Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to name one of Ukraine’s special operations forces unit Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) is a personal insult to him and all murdered Poles; whereas, in light of these concerns, the…

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51. Amendment 51ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital L c (new)
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    Lc. whereas in Ukraine history textbooks such as ‘Zakhyst Ukrayiny’ issued in 2023 and used in 10th grade in Ukrainian schools present falsified narrative that relativises the Volhynian genocide and the crimes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA); whereas such textbooks present Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych and the UPA as heroes of the Ukrainian independence movement without mentioning their full role in crimes committed by UPA forces in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia against Poles, Jews, Czechs, Russians, Armenians, other minorities and Ukrainians who opposed their actions; whereas the textbook presents a narrative in which UPA members never acted against the civilian population and all a…

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52. Amendment 52ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital Q a (new)
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    Qa. whereas Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities launched a major investigation known as Operation Midas into an alleged large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector involving kickbacks from suppliers to the state nuclear operator Energoatom and other state-owned enterprises; whereas investigators uncovered a network suspected of demanding kickbacks in exchange for procurement contracts, conducted numerous searches and seizures, and brought criminal charges against several individuals; whereas the investigation reportedly implicated businessman Timur Mindich and other high-ranking officials linked to the energy sector; whereas investigators and media reports have referred to alleged i…

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53. Amendment 53ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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    3a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to prioritise diplomatic and political efforts aimed at achieving a sustainable end to the conflict in Ukraine and preventing its further prolongation, stressing that the primary objective of EU policy should be the restoration of peace and stability on the European continent; underlines that any security guarantees or defence commitments in relation to Ukraine remain a sovereign decision and competence of individual Member States; notes that increased security and defence cooperation between Ukraine, the EU and its Member States has required substantial financial resources from Member States and European taxpayers;

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54. Amendment 54ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 a (new)
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    25a. Reiterates that Ukraine’s accession process must remain strictly merit-based and transparent and that the same accession criteria should be applied equally to all candidate countries; stresses that Ukraine’s accession should not be subject to different standards from those applied to previous enlargements or to the candidate countries from the Western Balkans, and opposes shortcuts or alternative forms of integration that could undermine the EU’s values, decision-making capacity, legislative framework, institutional functioning or the credibility of the enlargement process;

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55. Amendment 55ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 a (new)
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    26a. Emphasises that Ukraine’s institutional capacity, rule of law framework and economic stability remain insufficient to justify accelerated accession negotiations; warns that politically motivated enlargement decisions and the fast-tracking of Ukraine’s accession without substantial anti-corruption reforms risk importing systemic corruption into the EU and weakening its institutional integrity;

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56. Amendment 56ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 b (new)
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    26b. Is deeply concerned that Ukraine’s accession to the EU would undermine the common agricultural policy, strongly impact the cohesion policy and lead to further migration waves, brain drain and labour market disruptions; emphasises that enlarging the EU to include Ukraine comes with serious geostrategic risks, raises severe concerns with regard to border security and human smuggling, and makes the EU more vulnerable to the instrumentalisation of migration by foreign powers;

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57. Amendment 57ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 33 a (new)
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    33a. Notes that 4.33 million people fleeing Ukraine were under temporary protection in the EU in November 2025; welcomes the Commission announcement of 26 June 2026 to the effect that temporary protection should not, as a rule, be granted to newly arriving Ukrainian nationals who are not authorised to leave Ukraine in view of their military obligations; calls on Ukrainian men of military age to return to Ukraine; encourages Member States to adapt their asylum, reception and temporary protection policies accordingly;

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58. Amendment 58ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 33 b (new)
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    33b. Recalls that, since the start of the war in Ukraine, Poland, together with other EU Member States, has emerged as a major refuge for Ukrainians, providing extensive aid to Ukrainian refugees, including housing, financial assistance, access to education and medical care; strongly condemns the decision by the President of Ukraine on 26 May 2026 to grant a Ukrainian military unit the name ‘Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army’; recalls that this formation was responsible for the genocide in Volhynia and mass crimes against Poles, Jews, Czechs, Russians, Armenians, other minorities and Ukrainians who opposed their actions, with some 100 000 to 120 000 victims; considers the prompt exhumat…

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59. Amendment 59ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 33 c (new)
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    33c. Condemns the use of Nazi names and symbols by the Armed Forces of Ukraine; invites Ukraine to review the content of history textbooks used in Ukrainian schools with a view to presenting historical events in a balanced and evidence-based manner, thereby promoting mutual understanding and reconciliation between Ukraine and Poland; notes that praising Nazi collaborators responsible for crimes against ethnic minorities is against European values, making Ukraine’s EU membership impossible;

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60. Amendment 60ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 52 a (new)
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    52a. Expresses concern that several major corruption investigations in Ukraine have not received adequate attention and scrutiny in discussions on EU enlargement; cautions against any tendency to downplay, overlook or politically marginalise such cases for the purpose of advancing a predetermined narrative regarding the enlargement process;

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61. Amendment 61ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 52 b (new)
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    52b. Calls on the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to play an even more effective role in monitoring, investigating and preventing the misuse of EU funds allocated to Ukraine, and stresses the need for enhanced oversight, transparency and accountability mechanisms; calls on the European Court of Auditors and the Commission to conduct a comprehensive audit of the EU financial assistance provided to Ukraine since 2022, including macro-financial assistance, military support, reconstruction funds and budgetary aid;

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62. Amendment 62ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 52 c (new)
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    52c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to suspend further steps in Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations until the country demonstrates measurable and independently verified progress in combating corruption, dismantling organised crime networks and ensuring transparency in the use of international financial assistance;

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63. Amendment 63ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 65 a (new)
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    65a. Condemns the increasing religious persecution against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, one of the largest religious communities in Ukraine with millions of believers, including police raids on monasteries and churches, seizures of religious property and the opening of criminal proceedings against numerous members of the clergy; recalls that international organisations, including Human Rights Watch and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, have warned that such measures violate freedom of religion and impose collective punishment on peaceful believers; stresses that religious persecution, criminal prosecution of clergy and restrictions on religious communitie…

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