With a comfortable majority, the European Parliament approved a resolution providing political support to the “Rearm Europe” plan presented by Ursula von der Laen to mobilize up to € 800 billion for defense investment in the next four years.

The resolution was approved with 419 votes in favor, 204 against 46 abstentions.

The European Parliament welcomes the “Rearm Europe” plan to strengthen European defense recently presented by the President of the European Commission and calls for urgent action to safeguard European security by the EU itself. MEPs argue that this means strengthening relations with its own partners and its significant partners and significant partners. Defense. The “White Paper for the Future of European Defense”, which the Commission and the EU High Representative are expected to present next week, will contain specific proposals to the European Council that will allow “truly innovative and necessary efforts” and actions “equivalent to those applied in times”.

The EU as a real security provider

In order to achieve peace and stability in Europe, the EU must support Ukraine but also make it more durable, the EC said. Parliament “strongly believes that Europe is currently facing the deeper military threat to its territorial integrity after the end of the Cold War” and calls on the Member States, international partners and NATO allies to lift all restrictions on the use of Western weapons.

Russia, with the support of its allies (Belarus, China, North Korea and Iran) “is the most important and indirect threat to the EU and its security“, The resolution says. MEPs point out that recent Trump government actions and statements have raised concerns about the future US stance towards Russia, NATO and European security, while also strongly condemning US threats against Greenland. In this context, Parliament emphasizes that EU defense efforts “cannot remain limited in their size, fragmented in scope and time -consuming in their implementation” MEPs are calling for increased efforts, both in the military sector and in industry, technology and information.

Preparations for the most extreme military possibilities

The text states that the EU must “urgently adapt its tools to the new reality, planning an administrative capacity for much faster processes in cases of war or other large -scale crises.” Emphasizing the importance of the EU – NATO cooperation, Parliament also calls for the development of a fully capable European pillar within NATO, which will be able to act autonomously in case of need.

MEPs believe that the EU must set up in a single and clear, long -term vision for the European Defense Industry and seek a significant increase in joint equipment supplies from EU Member States. They also insist that decisions on European defense should be less complicated. They applaud the creation of a Council of Ministers of Defense and the transition from unanimity to the special majority for EU decisions in this area, with the exception of military operations under executive.

Parliament warns that, without a significant increase in investment, EU security and defense objectives will not be achieved, neither for Ukraine’s military support nor to improve European security. MEPs say that “urgent needs cannot wait” EU’s next long -term budget and are calling for innovative solutions to find additional funding without delay, such as a system of European defense bonds to fund large -scale military investment.

Occupied territories of Cyprus

In the context of the resolution, the European Parliament reiterates its appeal to the Turkish Republic, a NATO Member State and a candidate for accession to the European Union, to adhere to international law, to recognize the Republic of Cyprus and to end its occupation and to withdraw its army.