Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression

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 1The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)
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   4a. Notes with concern that EU leaders continue to pursue warmongering solutions that have to date proven to be completely ineffective in ending the conflict in Ukraine; stresses that the rearmament strategy is not the way to achieve a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine; calls on the EU leaders to make a tangible diplomatic commitment, maintaining a strong stance to defend European and Ukrainian interests in a serious peace negotiation;

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2. Amendment 2The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 b (new)
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   4b. Stresses that no diplomatic negotiations to end the conflict can happen without Ukraine and Russia involved; believes that the EU should act as the main mediator to facilitate a swift and peaceful solution to the conflict; calls on the EU leaders to immediately launch a peace negotiation with Ukraine and Russia;

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3. Amendment 3PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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   3a. Reiterates that Europe has also suffered the consequences of the war and the continent is in dire need of stability and a ceasefire; calls for a new and comprehensive strategy to pursue a peace settlement that guarantees long-term security for Ukraine and the EU;

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4. Amendment 4PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 13 a (new)
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   13a. Notes that in the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape, it is crucial to strengthen the Member States’ defence capabilities; emphasises that decision-making in the field of defence policy must remain a competence of the Member States; reiterates that any action related to defence must not aim to escalate tensions on the continent, but rather to reach a level that will deter any hostile actions while establishing and maintaining peace;

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5. Amendment 5ECRJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
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   11a. Underlines that security guarantees for Ukraine and for Europe will be stronger under a renewed transatlantic cooperation and the traditional Western alliance; calls therefore for an urgent summit between the EU, the United States and all like-minded partners in order to relaunch and strengthen this crucial bond and verify the conditions for a just and lasting peace for Ukraine;

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6. Amendment 6ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Recital U a (new)
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   Ua. whereas the shift in the geopolitical landscape, coupled with the new US presidential administration under Donald Trump, has led the United States to clearly state that continued support for Ukraine is no longer sustainable or productive; whereas, despite ongoing commitments from the EU, Ukraine’s military situation remains unresolved, with an escalation of military aid proving ineffective in the changing global context; whereas both the United States and the Russian Federation have now prioritised the pursuit of a peaceful resolution, and it is therefore essential that the EU also aligns with this approach, placing greater emphasis on diplomatic efforts and negotiations to achieve a pea…

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7. Amendment 7ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Recital U b (new)
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   Ub. whereas Russia possesses significantly greater military, economic, and human resources than Ukraine, and the involvement of non-EU countries, which have provided significant supplies of weapons and ammunition to Russia, enabling Russia to sustain a prolonged conflict with greater capacity, underscores the urgent need for peace negotiations to prevent the conflict from expanding and further globalising;

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8. Amendment 8ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Recital U c (new)
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   Uc. whereas Ukraine has utilised Western-supplied weapon systems to strike targets within Russian territory, following the recent lifting of restrictions by donor countries; whereas such actions risk further escalating the conflict and prolonging hostilities, highlighting the urgent need to prioritise diplomatic efforts over the provision of continued military support to Ukraine;

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9. Amendment 9ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Recital U d (new)
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   Ud. whereas since February 2022, the EU has adopted 16 sanctions packages intended to weaken Russia’s ability to finance the war; whereas these measures have failed to achieve their intended effect, while instead causing economic difficulties for the economies of the Member States;

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10. Amendment 10ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 13 a (new)
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    13a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to shift focus towards achieving the broadest possible international support for a peaceful resolution to the conflict, recognising that military escalation is not a viable solution; appreciates the efforts of US President Trump in working towards a swift resolution to this conflict;

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11. Amendment 11ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 17 a (new)
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    17a. Calls on the Ukrainian authorities to unequivocally condemn and take action on the prohibition of banderite symbols and the prohibition of the promotion of the ideology of the Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – (OUN-B) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which were responsible for the genocide in Volhynia and neighbouring regions between 1943 and 1945; calls on the Member States to introduce a ban on the dissemination of banderite ideology and symbols within their territories;

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12. Amendment 12ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 18 a (new)
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    18a. Calls on the Ukrainian authorities to outlaw the non-governmental organisation Myrotvorets, which cooperates with Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and its Ministry of Internal Affairs, and which has included on its list of ‘enemies of Ukraine’ Polish presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen, following his visit to Lviv aimed at drawing attention to the fact that the disgraceful cult of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych – criminals responsible for the massacre of over 100 000 Poles during the Volhynia massacre – continues to persist in Ukraine;

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13. Amendment 13ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 18 b (new)
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    18b. Condemns the death threats made by Wachtang Kipiani, a Ukrainian journalist and historian, against Polish presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen, in which Kipiani suggested the possibility of repeating the fate of Bronisław Pieracki, the Polish Minister for Internal Affairs who was assassinated in 1934 by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists; calls on the Council and the Member States to impose a ban on Kipiani entering the territory of the EU;

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14. Amendment 14The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
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    1a. Calls, after 11 years of war in Ukraine, for a just and lasting peace, which requires taking into account the causes of the conflict and putting an end to the strategy of instigating and prolonging the war;

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15. Amendment 15The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 b (new)
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    1b. Calls for negotiation channels to be opened with a view to achieving a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine, a response to the need for collective security and disarmament in Europe and compliance with the principles of the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act;

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16. Amendment 16The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 c (new)
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    1c. Stresses that peace and security are not achieved by promoting a policy of confrontation, arms escalation and war, but through diplomacy, dialogue and the political resolution of conflicts, through collective security and through respect for the principles of the UN Charter and international law;

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17. Amendment 17The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 d (new)
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    1d. Stresses that peace and security mean the improvement of wages and pensions, ensuring the public services of healthcare, education and social security provision and the right to housing and the improvement of living conditions, and not the promotion of militarism, arms escalation and war;

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18. Amendment 18The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 e (new)
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    1e. Stresses that it is the promotion of peace, cooperation and compliance with the principles of the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act that serves the interests of the peoples of Europe, and not the promotion of militarism, arms escalation and war;

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19. Amendment 19The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragaph 5
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    5. Expresses deep concern over the apparent shift in the United States’ stance on Russia’s war of aggression, which has included openly blaming Ukraine for the ongoing war, suspending US military aid, and attempting to coerce Ukraine into relinquishing its legitimate right to self-defence and into making territorial concessions; stresses that, in light of this change, the EU and its Member States are now Ukraine’s primary strategic allies and must maintain their role as the largest donor to Ukraine and significantly increase the much-needed assistance they provide to uphold Ukraine’s right to self-defence and step in, as far as possible, to replace suspended USAID funding, while ensuring lon…

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    5. Expresses deep concern over the shift in the United States’ stance on Russia’s war of aggression, which has included openly blaming Ukraine for the ongoing war, suspending US military aid, and attempting to coerce Ukraine into relinquishing its legitimate right to self-defence and into making territorial concessions; stresses that, in light of this change, the EU and its Member States are now Ukraine’s primary strategic allies and must maintain their role as the largest donor to Ukraine and significantly increase the much-needed assistance they provide to uphold Ukraine’s right to self-defence and step in, as far as possible, to replace suspended USAID funding, while ensuring long-term ai…

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20. Amendment 20The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 7 a (new)
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    7a. Recalls that the only way out of the vicious circle of military escalation is through diplomacy; calls, therefore, for the EU to urgently launch an ambitious diplomatic initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and put an end to the war in Ukraine and the suffering of the Ukrainian people; calls for increased efforts to finally initiate a peace negotiation process which includes all parties;

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21. Amendment 21The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 a (new)
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    9a. Calls on the Member States to support the sending of UN peacekeepers to protect the 15 nuclear reactors in Ukraine, in close cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency mission; stresses that in accordance with its resolution 377, the UN General Assembly has subsidiary decision-making powers when the Security Council is not in a position to take adequate decisions on peacekeeping matters;

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22. Amendment 22The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 b (new)
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    9b. Calls on the Member States to support the sending of UN peacekeepers to safeguard any ceasefire that may be agreed upon by Ukraine and Russia; stresses that in accordance with its resolution 377, the UN General Assembly has subsidiary decision-making powers when the Security Council is not in a position to take adequate decisions on peacekeeping matters;

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23. Amendment 23The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragaph 12
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    12. Expresses dismay concerning the policy of the US administration of appeasing Russia and targeting its allies; warns that this policy undermines the trust of traditional US allies around the world and can have devastating consequences for the transatlantic bond, peace and stability in Europe and beyond;

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    12. Expresses dismay concerning the policy of the US administration of appeasing Russia and targeting its allies; warns that this policy undermines the trust of traditional US allies around the world and can have devastating consequences for the transatlantic bond, peace and stability in Europe and beyond; reiterates the need for strategic independence from the US; rejects attempts by Russia, the US and other powers to influence democracy and the rule of law in Europe;

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24. Amendment 24The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 14 a (new)
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    14a. Expresses its strong opposition to the special European Council’s support to the von der Leyen ‘ReArm Europe’ plan and the militarisation of the EU, in particular on the use of cohesion funds for military spending; reiterates that European cohesion funds, and derogations from the stability and growth pact, must be used to allow investments in schools, healthcare, housing, innovation and research, digitalisation and the fight against climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, together with job creation; denounces the double standards of this neoliberal Europe, which applies flexibility on fiscal rules on military spending while continuing to impose austerity and neoliberal criteria…

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25. Amendment 25The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 21
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    21. Calls on the Ukrainian authorities to strengthen internal political unity in Ukraine, uphold parliamentary pluralism and engage in constructive cooperation with the political parties in the Verkhovna Rada; calls on Ukrainian political stakeholders to continue strengthening political unity and parliamentary pluralism and to engage in constructive cooperation within the Verkhovna Rada; calls for due regard to be given to the powers and rights of local self-governing bodies; calls for media pluralism to be guaranteed in line with the democratic principles and values that Ukrainians are so resolutely and bravely defending; suggests in light of the EU accession process to end all limitations…

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    21. Calls on the Ukrainian authorities to strengthen internal political unity in Ukraine, uphold parliamentary pluralism and engage in constructive cooperation with the political parties in the Verkhovna Rada; calls on Ukrainian political stakeholders to continue strengthening political unity and parliamentary pluralism and to engage in constructive cooperation within the Verkhovna Rada; calls for due regard to be given to the powers and rights of local self-governing bodies; calls for media pluralism to be guaranteed in line with the democratic principles and values that Ukrainians are so resolutely and bravely defending; suggests in light of the EU accession process to end all limitations…

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26. Amendment 26The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 23
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    23. Points to the estimate of the latest Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment that at least EUR 506 billion will be required over the next decade for Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction; welcomes the EU’s Ukraine Facility, which has a budget of almost EUR 50 billion, and the EU’s Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism, which, in cooperation with the G7, offers loans to Ukraine of up to EUR 45 billion; nevertheless, urges the EU to prepare for Ukraine’s reconstruction by dedicating and securing new resources; calls for the EU, the Member States and like-minded partners to provide comprehensive and coordinated political, economic, technical and humanitarian assistance to support the sustainable and…

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    23. Points to the estimate of the latest Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment that at least EUR 506 billion will be required over the next decade for Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction; welcomes the EU’s Ukraine Facility, which has a budget of almost EUR 50 billion, and the EU’s Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism, which, in cooperation with the G7, offers loans to Ukraine of up to EUR 45 billion; nevertheless, urges the EU to prepare for Ukraine’s reconstruction by dedicating and securing new resources; calls for the EU, the Member States and like-minded partners to provide comprehensive and coordinated political, economic, technical and humanitarian assistance to support the sustainable and…

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27. Amendment 27The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 23 a (new)
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    23a. Recalls that Ukrainian sovereignty must also be safeguarded with respect to control over its natural resources, and emphasises that any pressure exerted by transnational companies or foreign governments, such as the United States or the EU, to gain access to these resources is entirely unacceptable;

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28. Amendment 28The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 25
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    25. Calls for further sanctions against sectors of special importance for the Russian economy, in particular banking, the metallurgy, nuclear, chemical and agriculture sectors, raw materials such as aluminium, steel, uranium, titanium and nickel, as well as for anti-circumvention measures against all countries and entities that provide Russia with military and dual-use goods and technologies; calls for further actions against the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, in the light of sanctions circumvention, sabotage of critical infrastructure and environmental risks; highlights that Russia is increasing its reliance on gas-derived fertilisers, which provide a growing source of revenue, while simultaneousl…

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    25. Calls for further sanctions against sectors of special importance for the Russian economy, in particular banking, the metallurgy, nuclear, chemical and agriculture sectors, raw materials such as aluminium, steel, uranium, titanium and nickel, as well as for anti-circumvention measures against all countries and entities that provide Russia with military and dual-use goods and technologies; calls for further actions against the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, in the light of sanctions circumvention, sabotage of critical infrastructure and environmental risks; calls on the Commission to jointly engage with flag and port states outside of the EU and take action against owners, operators and insuranc…

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29. Amendment 29The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 a (new)
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    25a. Considers that the widespread freezing of the funds and economic resources belonging to Russia’s political and economic elites who support and benefit from the Russian authoritarian regime is key to eroding support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ramping up pressure on the Kremlin; calls on the Commission to make a proposal to considerably extend the list of persons and entities affected by the EU sanctions on assets, which currently consists of 1 879 persons and 507 entities; indicates that if these sanctions were to be applied to the persons owning more than EUR 10 million in assets, about 20 000 persons would fall within their scope;

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30. Amendment 30The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 b (new)
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    25b. Regrets the fact that circumvention of EU sanctions on assets is facilitated by tax havens and the lack of financial transparency; calls, in that regard, on the Commission to strengthen the fight against tax avoidance and financial secrecy;

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