On the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine

E.whereas US President Trump recently presented a plan to end the war in Ukraine; whereas although the plan is incomplete and unilateral, it is the first initiative since 2022, which highlights the absence of any independent EU peace initiative;

F.whereas the current conditions faced by Ukraine in 2025 in the US plan are dramatically worse than those on the table during the Istanbul negotiations of March and April 2022;

G.whereas since the start of the war, the EU and its Member States have made available over USD 187 billion in financial, military, humanitarian and refugee assistance to Ukraine;

H.whereas the Ukrainian economy has been devastated by the war, with vast sections of its industry and resources falling under foreign ownership, including Western multinational corporations, and the population suffering from impoverishment and being displaced; whereas the economic consequences of the war have also harmed EU Member States, contributing to energy crises, inflation and deindustrialisation, while benefiting primarily US economic and military interests;

I.whereas diplomatic initiatives seeking to end the war have been completely absent from EU foreign policy; whereas the exclusion of the EU leadership from the negotiations is a consequence of their completely unrealistic militaristic approach and alignment with the United States and NATO;

J.whereas Europe has an interest in building a lasting peace and a European security apparatus that contributes to developing peaceful relations with its neighbouring countries, and in pursuing a policy of mutual nuclear disarmament;

K.whereas Ukraine continues to face major corruption scandals, including the most recent cases involving the Ministry of Defence, regional administrations, military recruitment offices and procurement of tenders for the reconstruction of Ukraine; whereas inflated contracts, the diversion of humanitarian supplies and wartime profiteering networks undermine public trust and raise serious concerns about the transparency of Western financial flows;

L.whereas a durable and sustainable peace in Europe cannot be built on militarisation, bloc confrontation or punitive approaches, but requires a framework of cooperative security inspired by the Helsinki Final Act and rooted in disarmament, transparency, conflict prevention mechanisms and mutual guarantees; whereas a comprehensive peace settlement must also include Russia’s contribution to the payment of the costs for the reconstruction of Ukraine;

1.Reiterates its strong condemnation of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, all violations of international and humanitarian law, and war crimes; demands full accountability under international law;

2.Takes note of Trump’s proposal, which does not follow UN and international law, and which at the same time also serves the geopolitical and economic interests of the United States; stresses that a diplomatic initiative advocating a structured peace process under the auspices of the UN and respecting international law should have originated from the EU, and that its absence reflects a profound failure of EU strategy; stresses that this should mark the beginning of genuine, inclusive negotiations, not the continuation of geopolitical competition by other means;

3.Takes note of the US plan, which was not discussed with the EU and is the product of the bilateral meetings between the US and Russia; notes that the conditions set out in the US plan with regard to the territorial integrity of Ukraine are worse than those on the table during the Istanbul negotiations of March and April 2022;

4.Notes with concern that the US plan is designed to maximise US financial interests, including by allocating half of the frozen Russian assets to the United States and by investing the remaining half in US-led efforts; denounces the Trump administration’s proposal to force Ukraine to give up its rare earth minerals to the United States and US companies;

5.Takes note of ongoing efforts to revise the Trump plan, through bilateral talks with Ukraine in Geneva;

6.Urges the Russian Federation to immediately cease all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including energy systems, housing, healthcare and transport facilities, in full compliance with international humanitarian law; calls on Russia to engage seriously, constructively and without delay in a comprehensive peace process, under the auspices of the UN and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, aimed at achieving an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of forces and a negotiated settlement that ensures the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine as enshrined in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, and ensuring the security and well-being of all Ukrainian citizens, including linguistic, ethnic and all other minorities, as set out in the Minsk agreements; stresses that the Ukrainian people must be part of the negotiations and approve any peace plan put forward;

7.Expresses profound concern that the EU, rather than championing diplomacy, has become largely irrelevant in the design of peace initiatives, despite the war taking place on its continent and having direct consequences for EU citizens; deplores the EU’s persistent militaristic posture, its refusal to promote dialogue, its uncritical alignment with strategies that have prolonged the conflict, and its inability to articulate an autonomous and credible peace agenda; calls for the EU institutions to actively support and facilitate a peace process, drawing necessary lessons from previous experiences so as not to repeat past mistakes; calls for the EU to actively work towards a durable and comprehensive peace agreement addressing the root causes of the conflict, grounded in the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and of the UN Charter, including collective security, military restraint, disarmament commitments, transparency and mechanisms to avoid escalation;

8.Calls for the cancellation of Ukraine’s foreign debt; stresses that a sustainable settlement must include Russia’s contribution to the payment of the costs for the reconstruction of Ukraine;

9.Calls for an immediate ceasefire, followed by structured negotiations under UN auspices; stresses that peace must be based on sovereignty, territorial integrity as enshrined in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, security guarantees for all, Ukraine’s neutrality, the protection of minorities and the demilitarisation of the conflict zone;

10.Regrets the failure of the Istanbul negotiations of spring 2022, which had opened a rare and fragile window for a negotiated settlement; recalls that several international mediators confirmed that meaningful progress had been made; expresses deep concern that this opportunity was not sustained or allowed to mature into a comprehensive agreement, resulting in the continuation of a devastating war whose human, social and economic costs have fallen primarily on regular citizens; calls for all parties, the EU and international partners to draw lessons from this missed opportunity and to support renewed diplomatic channels without preconditions;

11.Expresses deep concern over recent major corruption scandals in Ukraine, which raise doubts about the use of taxpayer money by the EU institutions and generates distrust among European citizens; insists on strict democratic oversight, transparent public accounting, international auditing, anti-corruption conditionality and the creation of an independent international oversight mechanism to prevent the diversion of resources and wartime profiteering;

12.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the UN and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.