During the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg, as part of the joint debate on the 2025 annual reports on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the implementation of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP), MEP Adam Bielan, head of the Law and Justice delegation and the ECR’s shadow rapporteur for the Committee on Foreign Affairs’ report, presented arguments justifying the delegation’s skeptical stance toward both documents.
As MEP Bielan emphasized, the European Union still lacks a realistic and coherent security strategy capable of effectively responding to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and other growing threats. He drew attention to the profound differences among member states regarding actual defense commitments, pointing, among other things, to the glaring disparity between Poland’s level of defense spending and the EU average.
In his speech, he also criticized provisions and amendments that undermine transatlantic relations, as well as proposals to extend qualified majority voting to foreign and security policy. According to the ECR, unanimity on these issues remains the foundation of the legitimacy of decisions and an expression of respect for the sovereignty of member states.
Consequently, the Law and Justice delegation in the European Parliament abstained from voting in the plenary session on the reports concerning the CFSP and the CSDP. This position reflects opposition to a course of action which—despite declarations to the contrary—does not actually strengthen Europe’s security or its credibility as a strategic community.
