What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Changed:BE.BF. whereas the Holocaust and historical injustices, including colonialism, slaverycolonialism and the Holocaust,slavery, continue to shape structural racism in Europe today; whereas acknowledgement, remembrance and education about these injusticesthose are essential to combating racism and promoting equality and fundamental rights;

Added:27. Recalls several cases in which journalists with EU citizenship have been detained on spurious charges while carrying out their professional duties in non-EU countries, including candidate countries; urges the Commission and the Member States, in line with Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/758, to increase their efforts to assist with the release and safe return of these arbitrarily detained journalists; calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to cases of unjustified detention of journalists in candidate countries, including Türkiye, and to the legal proceedings against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin;

Changed:48.49. Strongly condemns fundamental rights violations at borders, including practices involving stopping asylum seekers and forcibly returning them to the country they entered from without carrying out an individual assessment, ill-treatment and the use of violence by national authorities such as law enforcement and border guards; notes that such practices are often unreported and not investigated; notes, furthermore, that several Member States continue to face significant operational pressure at their external borders; underlines that these challenges require a coordinated European response, including streamlined and effective procedures, in full accordance with the applicable EU and international legal framework;

Removed:50. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental SAR efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund, and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;

Added:51. Recalls that Article 46 of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Regulation can be activated in cases of potential violations of fundamental rights; calls on the agency to proactively make full use of all the tools at its disposal, in particular the possibility of activating Article 46 in cases of potential fundamental rights violations;

Changed:51. Recalls that Article 46 of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Regulation can be activated in cases of potential violations of fundamental rights; calls on the agency to proactively make full use of all the tools at its disposal, in particular the possibility of activating Article 46 in cases of potential fundamental rights violations;52.52. Urges the Member States to take due account of the recommendations made by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights in his report entitled ‘Protecting the Defenders: Ending repression of human rights defenders assisting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Europe’; stresses the importance of maintaining public discourse grounded in respect for human dignity, while underlining the importance of a fact-based and responsible public debate on migration and asylum; strongly condemns recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;

Changed:56. Expresses serious concerns about the intensifying attacks on the LGBTIQ+ community and their fundamental rights in some Member States, including through the obstruction of legal gender recognition, the erasure of the existence of intersex people, violations of reproductive rights and restrictions on access to essential reproductive healthcare and age-appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education for children;States; emphasises that these attacks violate the right to non-discrimination, the right to equality before the law and the right to equal protection before the law without discrimination; calls for the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of violence and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people and to address disparities in protection resulting from the inconsistent implementation of protection measures across Member States; welcomes the new LGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026-2030, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure its swift implementation; calls on the Member States to renew or adopt new national LGBTIQ+ action plans or strategies to complement EU initiatives with effective national measures;

Changed:64. Is concerned that forms and patterns of gender-based cyberviolence continue to evolve; underlines that the non-consensual sharing of intimate material and hate speech are some of the most widespread forms of cyberviolence; expresses great concern over the growth of the so-called ‘manosphere’ in the online environment; highlights the need to develop measures to address and counter the rise of misogynistic and far-right values among boys and young men concerning gender equality and women’s rights; stresses the need for a deeper understanding of the incel phenomenon and ideology, and emphasises the importance of prevention through more active policies to counter such phenomena and their narratives;

Removed:69. Calls on the Commission to promote comprehensive, age-appropriate sexuality and relationship education in schools to counter gender-related misinformation and disinformation and to address gender stereotypes;

Changed:71.70. Urges the Commission to ensure a proper follow-up to the ‘My Voice My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion’ European Citizens’ Initiative and to put forward a proposal for a financial mechanism to support Member States willing to provide safe sexual and reproductive healthcare services, including safe and legal abortion, for those in the EU who still lack access to such services;72. Stresses that there is still no EU-wide definition of rape based on the lack of consent; calls on the Member States to ensure that there is no assumption in law nor in practice that consent is given where there is absence of physical resistance to sexual conduct, regardless of whether the perpetrator threatened or used physical violence or whether the victim is in an intimate relationship with, or married to, the perpetrator; further urges the Member States that have not yet done so to include in their national legislation a definition of rape based on the absence of freely given consent, in line with the Istanbul Convention and evolving international standards; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for such a definition at EU level; reiterates that sexual violence, including rape, is a grave violation of human rights and human dignity;services;

Added:71. Stresses that there is still no EU-wide definition of rape based on the lack of consent; calls on the Member States to ensure that there is no assumption in law nor in practice that consent is given where there is absence of physical resistance to sexual conduct, regardless of whether the perpetrator threatened or used physical violence or whether the victim is in an intimate relationship with, or married to, the perpetrator; further urges the Member States that have not yet done so to include in their national legislation a definition of rape based on the absence of freely given consent, in line with the Istanbul Convention and evolving international standards; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for such a definition at EU level; reiterates that sexual violence, including rape, is a grave violation of human rights and human dignity;

Added:72. Recalls the body of documents published in connection with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which indicates that countless crimes have been committed and, consequently, that there is a large group of hidden perpetrators; notes that it is well documented that Epstein had a network extending deep into the corridors of power across Europe, including royalty, top diplomats and politicians; condemns the fact that it has not yet been established how many, and which, members of this network were aware of or involved in human trafficking, the sexual exploitation of children, fraud and financial crime; stresses not only that it is seriously concerning that these individuals remain at large, but also that the lack of full accountability undermines the rule of law and public trust in democratic institutions; stresses that cases involving cross-border elements within the EU should be addressed at EU level; questions the EU’s ability to investigate, prevent and combat complex cross-border crime committed by society’s elites; urges the Commission to promptly task the EU’s expert centre for crime prevention (Europol), together with the European Anti-Fraud Office and national authorities, to investigate and analyse the nature of this criminal activity, as well as to identify those who can be held accountable;

Changed:101. Underlines that third-country nationals in the EU, regardless of their nationality, place of birth or residence status, must be treated in a non-discriminatory manner; points out that third-country nationals have the right to apply for international protection under international and EU law, including in accordance with the principle of non-refoulement; calls on the Commission to support the Member States into upholdinguphold the rule of law and the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and into implementingimplement the legislation adopted by the co-legislators; stresses the binding nature of the rulings of the CJEU and the ECtHR;

Changed:104. Calls on Member States to fully implement Directive (EU) 2024/1500 and Directive (EU) 2024/1499, which establish minimum standards for Equality Bodies; calls for concrete measures to guarantee the independence of equality bodies and to ensure their effectiveness in promoting equality; encourages support for CSOs in developing and disseminating educational initiatives to promote equality and in ensuring broad outreach and accessibility;105. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective action against antisemitism, xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and any other form of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination or hate crime in a holistic manner; further calls for sustained efforts at both EU and national levels to monitor, prevent and prosecute related hate crimes and to protect minorities;accessibility;

Added:105. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective action against antisemitism, xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and any other form of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination or hate crime in a holistic manner; further calls for sustained efforts at both EU and national levels to monitor, prevent and prosecute related hate crimes and to protect minorities;