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White paper on the future of European defence
Joint motion RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006
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- Amendment list RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006
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- 10 March 2025
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| Ta. whereas, on 4 March 2025, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a plan to rearm Europe; whereas, following this announcement, shares in defence sector companies posted significant gains on European stock markets; |
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| 1a. Is deeply concerned by the special European Council’s decision to endorse the ReArm Europe Plan put forward by the Commission; believes that increasing defence spending is not conducive to lasting peace, and that common indebtedness and suspensions of the stability pact should instead be used to support measures aimed at helping EU citizens cope with rising living costs and to fund basic services; |
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| 2a. Is extremely concerned that defence sector industries have already reaped huge gains from President von der Leyen’s announcement about the ReArm Europe Plan; believes that these industries have already garnered extra profits on the back of the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine; calls on the Commission to incorporate a mechanism to tax these extra profits in order to fund basic services such as healthcare, education and other basic services in the Member States; |
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| 7. Believes therefore that time has come for a renewed political ambition to act and turn the EU into a genuine security provider, increase the EU’s defence readiness and build a true European Defence Union; recalls that the adoption of the Strategic Compass was a good starting point, but that its timely implementation remains necessary; welcomes the recent EU Defence instruments, insists on the urgency to change scale as the EU defence efforts cannot remain limited in size, fragmented in scope and lengthy in delivery; calls for a quantum leap and a new approach on Defence, assorted with strong choices and decision, an action plan and a short to long term planning to invest in Defence: underlines that it requires vision, concreteness and shared commitments, both in the strictly military field and in the industrial, technological and intelligence sectors; | 7. Believes therefore that time has come for a renewed political ambition to act and turn the EU into a genuine security provider, increase the EU’s defence readiness and build a true European Defence Union; believes that Europe’s common defence needs to take shape with a view to streamlining spending and European coordination; recalls that the adoption of the Strategic Compass was a good starting point, but that its timely implementation remains necessary; welcomes the recent EU Defence instruments, insists on the urgency to change scale as the EU defence efforts cannot remain limited in size, fragmented in scope and lengthy in delivery; calls for a quantum leap and a new approach on Defence, assorted with strong choices and decision, an action plan and a short to long term planning to invest in Defence: underlines that it requires vision, concreteness and shared commitments, both in the strictly military field and in the industrial, technological and intelligence sectors; |
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| 10a. Stresses that European structural funds are essential for the development of local communities in the Member States; enjoins the Council and the Commission to under no circumstances permit the use of these funds for other ends, such as arms purchases or to cover military expenses; |
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| 11a. Opposes the idea of separating defence spending from the stability pact, as proposed by the Commission; believes that any separation would be more appropriate for spending on healthcare, education and other basic public services; |
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European Parliament (2025). “B10-0146/2025 } - B10-0147/2025 } - B10-0148/2025 } - B10-0149/2025 } - B10-0150/2025 } RC1/Am. 1 - Amendment 1 - Danilo Della Valle, Marc Botenga - on behalf of The Left Group - Joint motion for a resolution - White paper on the future of European defence”. Text, 10 March 2025. docId RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006, reference RC-B10-0146/2025. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006 (CC BY 4.0).
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@misc{epw-text-rc-10-2025-0146-am-001-006,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{B10-0146/2025 \} - B10-0147/2025 \} - B10-0148/2025 \} - B10-0149/2025 \} - B10-0150/2025 \} RC1/Am. 1 - Amendment 1 - Danilo Della Valle, Marc Botenga - on behalf of The Left Group - Joint motion for a resolution - White paper on the future of European defence}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-03-10},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId RC-10-2025-0146-AM-001-006, reference RC-B10-0146/2025. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}