MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION

B100400/2025

Motion of censure on the Commission by the European Parliament

(2025/2174(INS))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Article 17(8) of the Treaty on European Union, Article 234 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty,

– having regard to Rule 131 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas due to the European Commission’s misguided green policies, European competitiveness and economic growth have been steadily declining, Europe’s position in the global market is diminishing, and the livelihoods of European citizens and businesses face significant challenges;

B. whereas, over the past years, the European Commission has been involved in several financial scandals, repeatedly breached the requirement of transparency in its decision-making processes and overstepped its competences, seriously undermining national sovereignty and citizens’ trust in the European Union;

C. whereas up until now the European Commission has failed to come up with adequate solutions to stop illegal migration to the European Union, seriously undermining the security of European citizens;

D. whereas the European Commission has become a threat to freedom of expression, leading to censorship practices and undermining democratic values and principles;

E. whereas the European Commission has unilaterally proceeded to sign the Mercosur Agreement in December 2024, ignoring strong and repeated opposition from several national parliaments; from this Parliament and from European farmers and breeders;

F. whereas the Commission circumvented the political and legal obstacles to ratification it would have faced by splitting the agreement into two separate legal instruments in order to bypass national parliaments, overriding the legitimate concerns of Member States and reducing Parliament’s oversight to a mere formality on trade aspects;

G. whereas this agreement threatens the future of the European agricultural sector by opening the market to products that do not comply with European environmental, social, and sanitary standards, creating unfair competition that endangers the livelihoods of thousands of European farmers and breeders;

H. whereas the ‘United States-European Union framework on an agreement on reciprocal, fair and balanced trade’ has been concluded without receiving any formal mandate from the Council, in blatant disregard of the institutional balance enshrined in the Treaties; whereas transparency during the negotiation has been poor, and the commitments entered into by the Commission remain vague and ambiguous;

I. whereas this deal is contrary to the interests of the European Union and its citizens as it imperils a wide range of economic sectors, from agriculture to industry, exposing European farmers, workers and SMEs to unfair competition, asymmetric concessions, and strategic dependencies that run counter to the Union’s declared objectives of resilience and autonomy;

1. Notes that the EU is weaker today than ever due to the persistent failure of the President of the Commission to cope with the most pressing challenges, such as the economic and social decline of the Union, the alarming security situation, the lack of transparency and accountability in decision-making, the threat to freedom of expression, and the repeated acts beyond the competences attributed by the Treaties and as also recently evidenced by the trade agreements with Mercosur and the United States;

2. Censures the Commission;

3. Instructs its President to forward this motion of censure to the President of the Council and the President of the Commission and to notify them of the result of the vote on it in plenary.