§ 1, point c (2nd part), point ad (3rd part), point ag (2nd part); recital L (2nd part)
Requests for separate votes
PfE:
§ 1, point ab, point aq
Requests for split votes
The Left:
Recital J
First part
‘whereas the Arctic Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) gap constitutes a strategic corridor that enables the control of maritime traffic and the detection of hybrid threats;’
Second part
‘whereas Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO has deepened the Arctic orientation of the Alliance and will enhance its posture in the region;’
§ 1, point a
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘particularly due to Russia’s extensive military restructuring, including the establishment of the Maritime Collegium’ and ‘in combination with China’s clear interest in the region,’
Second part
those words
PfE:
§ 1, point c
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘while supporting Ukraine’s engagement with Arctic governance structures, including the prospect of observer status in relevant forums;’
Second part
those words
§ 1, point ad
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘with that in mind, considering that Norway’s EU membership would strengthen both its national interests and the EU’s geopolitical resilience by closing critical gaps in the latter’s collective defence – notably in the GIUK gap’ and ‘and Norway’s potential EU accession’
Second part
‘with that in mind, considering that Norway’s EU membership would strengthen both its national interests and the EU’s geopolitical resilience by closing critical gaps in the latter’s collective defence – notably in the GIUK gap’
Third part
‘and Norway’s potential EU accession’
§ 1, point ag
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘including certain statements by the US administration’
Second part
those words
Recital L
First part
‘whereas in 2022, NATO recognised climate change as a defining challenge and a threat multiplier with profound implications for security and military operations, including in the High North, and identified the High North as a region of strategic importance in which Russia’s ability to disrupt allied reinforcements and freedom of navigation across the North Atlantic poses a direct challenge to the Alliance; whereas the Arctic can be seen as a primary area for the climate-security nexus;’
Second part
‘whereas the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal remains necessary in order to prevent the worst consequences of climate change;’
Recital AA
First part
‘whereas the United States’ approach to the Arctic is evolving towards expanded involvement,’
Second part
‘preceded by certain regrettable statements involving Greenland;’
‘Welcomes the Commission’s risk-based approach taken in its guidelines for effective, proportionate and privacy-preserving age assurance mechanisms to protect minors online, in accordance with the DSA; highlights that the Commission considers the use of access restrictions supported by age verification methods an appropriate and proportionate measure to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors;’
Second part
‘calls on the Commission to present, if necessary, appropriate legislative measures to provide legal certainty and ensure a harmonised approach for safe and reliable age assurance mechanisms, taking into account the Commission guidelines on the protection of minors throughout the EU, and guaranteeing an equal level of protection of minors in the Union;’
§ 23
First part
‘Encourages collaboration between the Member States that have already developed digital tools for effective age verification’
Second part
‘and the Commission in order to develop a strong and effective age verification tool at EU level, ensuring full respect for the technical specifications derived from the eIDAS2 Regulation;’
§ 24
First part
‘Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to provide an EU-wide solution by developing an age-verification app and the EU Digital Identity (eID) Wallet;’
Second part
‘recommends that the Commission further invest in privacy-preserving systems, such as zero-knowledge proof protocols, building on the principles of minimal exposure and data minimisation; calls on the Commission to ensure that age assurance mechanisms that are deployed are accurate, effective, reliable, robust, non-intrusive, privacy-preserving and non-discriminatory by design, and do not incentivise the development of technologies that rely on the surveillance of users, in particular minors, nor on the deployment of other unethical technological practices;’
§ 25
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘considers that, to date, the eID Wallet fulfils these objectives;’
9. Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material
Final vote (B10-0496/2025) Amendments 1-15 (B10-0500/2025)
ECR:
Amendments 16-18 (B10-0500/2025)
PfE:
§ 25 (2nd part) (B10-0500/2025)
Requests for split votes
PfE, ECR (B10-0500/2025):
§ 25
First part
‘Urges the Commission to proceed without delay with a comprehensive revision of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation[10], as this is a prerequisite for achieving robust cross-border enforcement of EU consumer rules and curbing the circulation of unsafe goods; insists that the revision must introduce concrete provisions enhancing enforcement capacities in respect of non-EU traders and platforms, while ensuring closer coordination and structured information-sharing between EU and national authorities, and, where relevant, with competent bodies in non-EU countries;’
Second part
‘underlines the need to grant the Commission direct investigatory and sanctioning powers for serious, high-impact infringements of consumer law, in order to secure coherent, simultaneous and deterrent enforcement throughout the EU;’
ECR (B10-0500/2025):
§ 9
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘and the absence of harmonised and interoperable technological tools across the Member States,’
Second part
those words
§ 10
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘including the introduction of a harmonised EU-level WTO-compliant handling fee to cover the increased supervisory costs of custom authorities, and clearly defined responsibility for platforms and sellers established in third countries for the safety and compliance of products they target at EU consumers, which should accompany the removal of the VAT and customs duty exemption for low-value consignments that has been recently agreed in the Council;’
Second part
those words
§ 14
First part
Text as a whole without the word: ‘temporary’
Second part
that word
§ 28
First part
‘Urges the Member States, furthermore, to considerably accelerate the digitalisation of import procedures in customs administrations, supported by the EU Customs Data Hub, in order to ensure the effective application of current legislation and to speed up customs clearance, in particular given the exponential growth in parcel flows; calls on the Member States to increase the use of automated processes, such as automatic label scanning during parcel processing at customs; stresses that the wide use of the digital product passport would allow ex ante compliance verification for all products imported via e-commerce, containing detailed quality and compliance information and which would be integrated directly into the EU Customs Data Hub;’
Second part
‘calls on the Commission to cover, as soon as possible, all physical goods placed on the EU market with the digital product passport;’
Miscellaneous
François-Xavier Bellamy had moved the following oral amendment to add a new recital after recital B (B10-0500/2025):
‘Considering that, on 26 November 2025, French authorities announced that they would file a complaint against AliExpress and Joom, which are also involved in the sale of child-pornography dolls, illustrating the scale and seriousness of this phenomenon;’
10. Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weapons
Final vote (B10-0499/2025) Recital J (2nd part) (B10-0501/2025)
Requests for split votes
The Left (B10-0501/2025):
Recital J
First part
Text as a whole without the words: ‘notwithstanding the fact that the current geo-political landscape merits substantial investments in defence,’
Second part
those words
11. Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara