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A-9-2023-0435 → TA-9-2024-0033

From: A-9-2023-0435 Plenary report of 12 Dec 2023
To: TA-9-2024-0033 Adopted text of 17 Jan 2024
Changes: 6 changes to the text
Paragraphs: +5 added · −11 removed · 5 changed

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Title (from): on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning EU-India relations
Title (to): EU-India relations

Title (from): on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning EU-India relations
Title (to): EU-India relations

Changes that matter, 6

Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.

Change 1

Removed~~9997979EN)~~

Change 2

ChangedA. whereas the EU and India intend to convene at leaders’ meeting in New Delhi in early 2024, in ~~partiuclar~~particular to reaffirm the commitments of both sides to their strategic partnership and to review the implementation of the EU-India Roadmap 2025;

Change 3

Changed(p) recognise India’s contributions to freedom of navigation worldwide, in particular in the Taiwan Strait, but also its recent deployment of navy ships to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea that have been facing ongoing harassment by Houthi rebels; expand and broaden EU-India cooperation on maritime security also ~~encourgaed~~encouraged by shared interests, in particular given China’s ~~evolving~~increasingly ~~presence~~predatory economic and military actions in the Indo-Pacific; ensure a free and open, rules-based international order including freedom of navigation, open and secure SLOCs, enhanced security of shipping and more robust response systems for natural disasters and non-traditional security threats and for combating piracy and illegal fishing; build on experiences of constructive cooperation, in particular India’s support for the EU’s Naval Operation Atalanta (EUNAVFOR) by protecting World Food Programme vessels when requested, as well as its participation in joint passing exercises (PASSEX); follow up on the first EU-India naval exercises of June 2021 in the Gulf of Aden; encourage further a shared understanding of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; respond positively to the Indian proposal that the EU join the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative; consider developing a joint EU-India regional maritime capacity-building programme for the smaller island and coastal states in the Indian Ocean;

Change 4

Changed(r) build on the EU’s first ever space strategy for security and ~~defence,and~~defence, and on India’s increasing focus on space security by taking a joint initiative to encourage partners to promote multilateral solutions for the peaceful use of space and safe, secure and sustainable access to space, and to counter the risks of its increasing militarisation;

Change 5

Changed(u) engage with India on the issue ~~ofits~~of its heavy military dependency on Russia and on the EU’s sanctions policy towards Russia; urge India to join the international condemnation of Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine, while maintaining its political line of aiming for an end to hostilities and the resumption of diplomacy and dialogue; engage with India on its continued purchases of crude oil from Russia at low prices and India’s subsequent sale of refined oil products on international markets, as well as its involvement in the trade in Russian diamonds, including in the EU; pay attention to India’s dependency on Russia in the nuclear energy sector, in particular for the further development of its nuclear power plants; insist that India cease further joint military exercises with this aggressor state; encourage India to halt joint military equipment production and downgrade defence cooperation with Russia; ensure proper monitoring of the implementation of restrictive measures and sanction any attempt at circumventing them, in particular by EU-based businesses who must cease purchasing such products, which constitute in essence a circumvention of EU sanctions against Russia; take consideration of the concerns with agreements and projects, such as the International North-South Transport Corridor, and new frameworks for investments and free trade between Russia and India, which will significantly increase Russia’s ability to circumvent sanctions, increase its footprint in the region, be detrimental to India’s economic and financial resilience and damage prospects for a stronger EU-India political and economic partnership;

Change 6

Changed(ac) work jointly with India to secure a safe and democratic environment for the work of human rights and environmental defenders, indigenous people and Dalit rights defenders, political opponents and trade union activists, journalists and other civil society actors; to cease invoking laws against sedition, foreign funding and terrorism as a means to restrict their legitimate activities, including in Indian-administered Kashmir; to release all political prisoners; to stop blanket restrictions on internet access; to review laws in order to avoid their possible abuse to silence dissent; to amend laws that foster discrimination and facilitate access to justice and ensure accountability for human rights violations; and to address the harmful effects of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on civil society organisations; increase EU and Member State support for civil society organisations and human rights defenders, including by facilitating funding opportunities;

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European Parliament (2024). “Changes between A-9-2023-0435 and TA-9-2024-0033”. Text, 17 January 2024. from A-9-2023-0435, to TA-9-2024-0033. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2023-0435/compare/TA-9-2024-0033 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-text-2024-01-17,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between A-9-2023-0435 and TA-9-2024-0033}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2023-0435/compare/TA-9-2024-0033}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2023-0435/compare/TA-9-2024-0033},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from A-9-2023-0435, to TA-9-2024-0033. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}