MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
16.9.2024 - (2024/2799(RSP))
pursuant to Rule 136(2) of the Rules of Procedure
Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser
on behalf of the S&D Group
See also joint motion for a resolution RC-B10-0028/2024
B10‑0031/2024
European Parliament resolution on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions on Ukraine and on Russia since 1 March 2022, in particular that of 17 July 2024 on the need for the EU’s continuous support for Ukraine[1],
– having regard to the Charter of the United Nations,
– having regard to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
– having regard to the Geneva Conventions,
– having regard to Rule 136(2) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas Russia has been waging an illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine since 24 February 2022, in continuation of previous aggressions since 2014, and continues to persistently violate the principles of the UN Charter through its aggression against the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine and to blatantly and grossly violate international humanitarian law, as established by the Geneva Conventions of 1949;
B. whereas the UN General Assembly, in its resolution of 2 March 2022, immediately qualified the Russian war against Ukraine as an act of aggression in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, and, in its resolution of 14 November 2022, recognised the need to hold the Russian Federation accountable for its war of aggression and legally and financially responsible for its internationally wrongful acts, including by making reparation for the injuries and damage caused;
C. whereas the EU and its Member States, together with international partners and NATO allies, continue providing military support to Ukraine in order to assist it in exercising its legitimate right to self-defence against Russian aggression in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter;
D. whereas the EU provided over EUR 25 billion of macro-financial support to Ukraine in 2022 and 2023 and has established the Ukraine Facility, a dedicated financial instrument that will allow it to provide Ukraine with up to EUR 50 billion in predictable and flexible financial support during the years 2024 to 2027, out of which EUR 12.2 billion has already been disbursed to Ukraine;
E. whereas Russia continues to wage its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, including through the resumption, since 24 August 2024, of massive attacks on civilian infrastructure across the entire country; whereas Russia has effectively damaged or destroyed up to 80 % of the country’s energy infrastructure, which risks creating a severe humanitarian crisis in Ukraine during the coming winter months;
1. Reiterates its unwavering solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its steadfast support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and therefore for the EU’s and its Member States’ commitments to provide humanitarian assistance, military support, economic and financial aid as well as political support in every possible way in order to ultimately stop Russia’s war of aggression and allow Ukraine to liberate all its people, re-establish full control over its entire territory within its internationally recognised borders and deter any further aggression by Russia;
2. Urges the EU and its Member States to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of their support for Ukraine, in particular by substantially enhancing and accelerating military support and by committing to long-term financial support in order to help Ukraine protect its people, maintain essential services for its citizens, allow for economic and social recovery and continue the necessary reforms on its path towards EU membership;
3. Underlines that insufficient deliveries of ammunition and weapons and restrictions on their use risk undermining the efforts made so far; therefore, reiterates its calls on the Member States to fulfil their commitment of March 2023 to deliver one million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, to accelerate weapons deliveries, in particular of modern air defence systems, and to lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine against military targets on Russian territory; calls on the Member States to further expand training operations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces; urges the Member States to actively pressure Hungary to end its blockade of the European Peace Facility, including the newly established Ukraine Assistance Fund, which has prevented the release of EUR 6.6 billion in partial reimbursements to Member States providing military support to Ukraine;
4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to fulfil the commitments of the 2022 Versailles Declaration and to accelerate the full implementation of the Strategic Compass by enhancing European military cooperation at industrial and armed forces level, in order to make the EU a stronger and more capable security provider that is interoperable and complementary with NATO; welcomes the increased budgets and investments in defence by Member States and EU institutions, and calls for a further increase in targeted spending, joint procurement and joint investment in defence research and development; stresses that concrete steps should be taken towards Ukraine’s integration in EU defence and cybersecurity policies and programmes during the EU membership process;
5. Calls on the Council to extend its sanctions against Russia, Belarus as well as non-EU countries and entities providing the Russian military complex with military and dual-use technologies and equipment; reiterates its call for a full embargo on EU imports of Russian fossil fuels and liquefied natural gas, and to further lower the price-cap on Russian petroleum products in coordination with G7 partners in order to stop contributing to financing Russia’s illegal war of aggression;
6. Calls on the Commission to propose long-term financial assistance beyond 2027 for the reconstruction of Ukraine, building on the experience of the Ukraine Facility;
7. Reiterates its firm conviction that Russia must provide financial compensation for the massive damage it has caused in Ukraine; welcomes, therefore, the decision of the Council to direct extraordinary revenues stemming from immobilised Russian state assets to the Ukraine Assistance Fund and the Ukraine Facility in order to support Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction, as well as the G7’s decision to offer Ukraine a USD 50 billion loan secured by immobilised Russian state assets; calls for the EU to take the work forward by adapting its sanctions legislation as necessary and by establishing a sound legal regime for the confiscation of Russian state-owned assets frozen by the EU and for their use to address the various consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, including the reconstruction of the country and compensation for the victims of Russia’s aggression;
8. Calls for the EU and its Member States to actively work towards maintaining and achieving the broadest possible international support for Ukraine and identifying a peaceful solution to the war, which must be based on full respect for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, the principles of international law, accountability for war crimes and the crime of aggression, and Russian payments for the massive damage caused in Ukraine;
9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and to the President, Government and Parliament of Ukraine.
- [1] Texts adopted, P10_TA(2024)0003.