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We, 229 lawmakers from opposite sides of the Atlantic and with diverse political views, are united in our grave concern about the growing threat to regional and global peace posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror.
Background
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxies have, of late, escalated their aggressive behavior. Over the past two years alone, the FBI uncovered Tehran‘s brazen plot to kidnap an American women’s rights activist in the U.S., Hezbollah fired its heaviest barrage of rockets on our ally Israel since the 2006 war and Iran attempted to strike the U.S. consulate in northern Iraq and killed a Romanian and a British national aboard an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea.
Despite strong transatlantic cooperation, there are inconsistencies between U.S. and EU terror designations. While both have designated Palestinian Islamic Jihad, only the U.S. has designated the IRGC. The U.S. terror designation of Hezbollah covers the entirety of the organization, while EU only considers the “military wing” as a terror group.
Decisive action – and consistency – by the U.S. and the transatlantic community is urgently required to curb Iran’s escalating nefarious behavior.
TFI Statement
We, lawmakers from opposite sides of the Atlantic and with diverse political views, are united in our grave concern about the growing threat to regional and global peace posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror.
That threat is only compounded by the prospect of Iran, armed with advanced ballistic missiles and awash with the funds to finance its malign actions, becoming a nuclear threshold state. Iran's growing alliance with Russia and its supply of advanced drones for Moscow's brutal war against Ukraine further underline the danger the Islamic Republic poses not just to Middle Eastern but also to Western security.
It is therefore vital that the U.S, Canada. and European partners strengthen measures to counter the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the regime's principal force spreading internal and external terror. We welcome the United States’ 2019 designation of the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and support its continued commitment to maintaining this designation as long as the IRGC continues its illicit activities. Since its inception in 1979, the IRGC has created and funded a multitude of terror groups in the region, including Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The regime has used these terror proxies to spread death, terror, and instability in the Middle East and beyond.
The transatlantic community should therefore impose sanctions and designate the IRGC, and all of Iran's terror proxies, as the terrorists they are.
This unprecedented transatlantic initiative was spearheaded by the leadership of the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI).
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Signatories
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Andrew Garbarino, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Cybersecurity Committee, Republican Party, U.S. (Co-Initiator)
- Brad Schneider, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Party, U.S. (Co-Initiator)
- Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, EPP, Greece (Co-Initiator)
- Lukas Mandl, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Security and Defence Subcommittee, EPP, Austria (Co-Initiator)
- Petras Auštrevičius, Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Afghanistan, Renew Europe, Lithuania (Co-Initiator)
- Carmen Avram, Member, European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Israel, S&D, Romania (Co-Initiator)
- Dietmar Köster, Member, European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, S&D, Germany (Co-Initiator)
- David Lega, Member, European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, EPP, Sweden
- Alexandr Vondra, Member, European Parliament’s Security and Defence Subcommittee, ECR, Czech Republic (Co-Initiator)
- Martin Engelberg, Vice Chair, National Council's European Union Affairs Standing Subcommittee, ÖVP, Austria (Co-Initiator)
- Renata Alt, Chair, Bundestag’s Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Committee, FDP, Germany
- Baroness Rosalind Miriam Altmann CBE, Member of the House of Lords, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Nastimir Ananiev, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Lee Anderson, Member, House of Commons’ Home Affairs Committee, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Björn Anseeuw, Vice-Chair, Chamber of Representatives’ Welfare, Job and Pension Committee, N-VA, Belgium
- Attila Ara-Kovács, Member, European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence, S&D, Hungary
- Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, Member, House of Lords’ EU Security and Justice Subcommittee, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Ivo Atanasov, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Atanas Atanassov, Vice President of the National Assembly, Democratic Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Troy Balderson, Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Combatting Anti-Semitism Bipartisan Taskforce, Republican Party, U.S.
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José Ramón Bauzà Díaz, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Spain
- Petra Bayr, SPÖ Head, National Council's Foreign Policy Subcommittee, Austria
- Vladimir Beliak, Member of the Knesset, Yesh Atid, Israel
- Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Regional Development Committee, EPP, Spain
- Stefan-Heinrich Berger, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Germany
- James Bezan, Vice Chair, House of Commons' National Defence Standing Committee, Conservative Party, Canada
- Gus Bilirakis, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives' Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Boaz Bismuth, Member of the Knesset, Likud, Israel
- Bob Blackman, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Lord David Blencathra, Member of the House of Lords, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Franc Bogovič, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee, EPP, Slovenia
- The Rt Hon Karen Bradley, Chair, House of Commons’ Procedure Committee, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Jens Brandenburg, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research, FDP, Germany
- Helmut Brandstätter, NEOS Deputy Head, National Council’s Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, NEOS, Austria
- Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht, FDP Head, Bundestag’s Interior and Homeland Committee, Germany
- Laurent Burgoa, Member of the Senate, Les Républicains, France
- Kat Cammack, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Ilana Cicurel, Member, European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Israel, Renew Europe, France
- Ben Cline, Co-Chair, U.S. House of Representatives' Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention Caucus, Republican Party, U.S.
- Peter Cmorej, Member of the National Council, Freedom and Solidarity, Slovakia
- Gita Connemann, Member of the Bundestag, CDU, Germany
- The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb, Chair, House of Commons' Conservative Friends of Israel, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Dan Crenshaw, Member, U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Katalin Cseh, Vice Chair, Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, Hungary
- Danny Danon, Member of the Knesset, Likud, Israel
- Dāvis Mārtiņš Daugavietis, Member, Latvian Parliament's European Affairs Committee, New Unity, Latvia
- Kathleen Depoorter, Vice Chair, Chamber of Representatives’ Management of the COVID-19 Epidemic Oversight Committee, N-VA, Belgium
- Christoph de Vries, Member, Bundestag’s Interior and Homeland Committee, CDU, Germany
- Iva Dimic, Chair, National Assembly's Friendship Group with Israel, New Slovenia - Christian Democrats, Slovenia
- Martin Dimitrov, Chair, National Assembly’s Economic Policy and Innovation, Democratic Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Lena Düpont, Member, European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, EPP, Germany
- Gatis Eglītis, President, The Conservatives Party, Latvia
- Gabriel Elorriaga, Member, Chamber of Deputies’ External Relations Committee, Partido Popular, Spain
- Jakob Engel-Schmidt, the Moderates Spokesperson for Political Affairs, Denmark
- Engin Eroglu, Member, European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Renew Europe, Germany
- Sari Essayah, President, Christian Democrats Party, Finland
- Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Spain
- Marcus Faber, Member, Bundestag’s Defense Committee, FDP, Germany
- Brian Fitzpatrick, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives' Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Chuck Fleischmann, Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Anna Fotyga, ECR Secretary-General and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Poland
- Theo Francken, Member, Chamber of Representatives’ National Defence Committee, N-VA, Belgium
- Lois Frankel, Co-Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ Women, Peace, and Security Caucus, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Michael Freilich, Member, Chamber of Representatives' National Defence Committee, New Flemish Alliance, Belgium
- Hristo Gadzhev, Chair, National Assembly’s National Defence Committee, GERB-UDF, Bulgaria
- Claudia Gamon, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway, Renew Europe, Austria
- Georg Georgiev, Member of the National Assembly, GERB-UDF, Bulgaria
- Stoyan Georgiev, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Helmut Geuking, Member, European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee, EPP, Germany
- Vlad Gheorghe, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Romania
- Lord David Laurence Gold, Member of the House of Lords, Conservative, United Kingdom
- Josh Gottheimer, Vice Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Subcommittee, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Elisabeth Götze, Greens Deputy Head, National Council’s Economy, Industry, and Energy Committee, Die Grünen, Austria
- Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member, U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Serap Güler, Member, Bundestag’s Defense Committee, CDU, Germany
- Andrey Gurov, Chair, We Continue the Change Parliamentary Group, Bulgaria
- Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Vivas, Ciudadanos Spokesperson, Defense Committee, Spain
- Meyer Habib, Member, National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, Les Républicains, France
- Benjamin Haddad, Chair, National Assembly's Ukraine Friendship Group, Renaissance, France
- Svenja Hahn, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Germany
- Metin Hakverdi, SPD Head, Bundestag’s European Union Subcommittee, SPD, Germany
- Tamás Harangozó, Vice Chair, National Assembly's Defence and Law Enforcement Committee, Hungarian Socialist Party, Hungary
- Peter Heidt, FDP Head, Bundestag’s Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Committee, Germany
- Niclas Herbst, Vice Chair, European Parliament Budget’s Committee, EPP, Germany
- Gero Clemens Hocker, Co-Chairman, Bundestag’s Food and Agriculture Committee, FDP, Germany
- Monika Hohlmeier, Chair, European Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee, EPP, Germany
- Anthony Housefather, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Liberal Party, Canada
- John Howell, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Kaloyan Ikonomov, Deputy Chair, We Continue the Change Parliamentary Group, Bulgaria
- Johanna Jachs, Secretary, National Council’s Justice Committee, ÖVP, Austria
- Carmen Jeitler-Cincelli, Secretary, National Council's Foreign Affairs Committee, ÖVP, Austria
- Mark Jenkinson, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Gyde Jensen, Vice Chair, Bundestag’s German-Chinese Friendship Group, FDP, Germany
- Bill Johnson, Co-Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives' Natural Gas Caucus, Republican Party, U.S.
- Dame Diana Johnson, Chair, House of Commons' Home Affairs Committee, Labour Party, United Kingdom
- Dusty Johnson, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Dimitrios Kairidis, Chair, Hellenic Parliament’s Parliamentary Friendship Group with Israel, New Democracy, Greece
- Mihal Kambarev, Deputy Chair, National Assembly’s Prevention and Counteraction of Corruption Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Gilad Kariv, Member, Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Labor Party, Israel
- Karol Karski, Vice-Chair, European Parliament’s Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, ECR, Poland
- Martina Kaufmann, Member, National Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee, ÖVP, Austria
- Ondřej Knotek, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Czech Republic
- Pascal Kober, Member, Bundestag’s Labor and Social Affairs Committee, FDP, Germany
- Rihards Kols, Chair, Parliament of the Republic of Latvia's Foreign Affairs Committee, National Alliance, Latvia
- Kalina Konstantinova, Chair, National Assembly’s e-Government and Information Technology Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Moritz Körner, Member, European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Renew Europe, Germany
- Yordanka Kostadinova, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Rosen Kosturkov, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Andrey Kovatchev, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Bulgaria
- Peter Kremský, Chair, Economic Affairs Committee of the National Council, Chair, Israeli Allies Caucus, OĽaNO, Slovakia
- Konstantinos Kyranakis, Secretary of the Hellenic Parliament, New Democracy, Greece
- Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Vice President, ALDE Party, Renew Europe, Bulgaria
- Sergey Lagodinsky, Chair, European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, Greens/EFA, Germany
- Doug Lamborn, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Melissa Lantsman, Member, House of Commons’ Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, Conservative Party, Canada
- Susie Lee, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Katja Leikert, CDU Head, Bundestag's Family Committee, Germany
- Constance Le Grip, Member, National Assembly’s European Affairs Committee, Renaissance, France
- Miriam Lexmann, Member, European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, EPP, Slovakia
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Michael Link, FDP Head, Bundestag’s European Union Subcommittee, Germany
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Leopoldo López Gil, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee, EPP, Spain
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Antonio López-Istúriz White, Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel, EPP, Spain
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Daniel Lorer, Member, National Assembly’s Foreign Policy Committee, PP, Bulgaria
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Max Lucks, Greens Head, Bundestag’s Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Committee, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Germany
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Daniela Ludwig, Chair, Bundestag’s Electoral Examinations Committee, CDU/CSU, Germany
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Andrei-Răzvan Lupu, Member, Chamber of Deputies’ Defense, Public Order and National Security, Independent, Romania
- Ventsislava Lyubenova, Deputy Chair, National Assembly’s Foreign Policy Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Larry Maguire, Vice Chair, House of Commons’ Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Conservative Party, Canada
- Nicole Malliotakis, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Kathy Manning, Vice Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Subcommittee, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Till Mansmann, Member of the Bundestag, FDP, Germany
- Johannes Margreiter, Secretary, National Council’s Ombudsman Committee, NEOS, Austria
- Dimitrios Markopoulos, Member, Hellenic Parliament’s Parliamentary Friendship Group with Israel, New Democracy, Greece
- Milen Mateev, Deputy Chair, National Assembly’s Legal Affairs Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Gabriel Mato, Member, European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, EPP, Spain
- Liudas Mažylis, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Lithuania
- Steve McCabe, Chair, Labour Friends of Israel, United Kingdom
- Grace Meng, Vice-Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Democratic Party
- Koen Metsu, Chair, Chamber of Representatives' Inter-Parliamentary Union Belgium-Israel, N-VA, Belgium
- Nikola Minchev, Vice President of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Daniel Mitov, Member, National Assembly’s Foreign Policy Committee, GERB-UDF, Bulgaria
- Damien Moore, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Marty Morantz, Member, House of Commons’ Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, Conservative Party, Canada
- Jill Mortimer, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Stephanie Murphy, Vice-Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Alexander Müller, Deputy Chair, Bundestag’s Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Committee, FDP, Germany
- Frank Müller-Rosentritt, Member, Bundestag’s External Relation’s Committee, FDP, Germany
- Pedro Navarro López, Partido Popular Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Universities Committee of the Congress of Deputies, Spain
- Dimitar Nedyalkov, Deputy Chair, National Assembly’s Transport and Communications Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Ljudmila Novak, Member, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel, EPP, Slovenia
- Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Vice-Chair, European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee, Renew Europe, Germany
- Matthew Offord, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Peter Osuský, Deputy Chair, National Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Freedom and Solidarity, Slovakia
- Pierre-André Page, Chair, National Council’s Pardons Committee, SVP, Switzerland
- Caroline Panosyan-Bouvet, Vice Chair, National Assembly's U.S. Friendship Group, Renaissance, France
- Jutta Paulus, Member, European Parliament’s the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee, Greens/EFA, Germany
- Žygimantas Pavilionis, Chair, Parliament of Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Lithuania
- Andrew Percy, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Marijana Petir, Chair, Croatian Parliament’s Agriculture Committee, Independent, Croatia
- Bogomil Petkov, Member, National Assembly’s Defence Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Kiril Petkov, Co-Chair, We Continue the Change Party, Bulgaria
- Petar Petrov, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change Party, Bulgaria
- The Rt Hon the Lord Eric Pickles, Chair, House of Lords' Conservative Friends of Israel, United Kingdom
- Lord Stuart Polak CBE, Member, House of Lords’ EU Security and Justice Subcommittee, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Stanislav Polčák, Member, European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Maghreb Countries, EPP, Czech Republic
- Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, Member of the House of Lords, Labour Party, United Kingdom
- Boyko Rashkov, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Martina Renner, Die Linke Head of the Bundestag's Interior and Homeland Committee, Die Linke, Germany
- Kathleen Rice, Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Nicola Richards, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Frédérique Ries, Vice President, Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, Belgium
- Mary Robinson, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Sandor Rónai, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s Inquiry to Investigate the Use of Pegasus and Equivalent Surveillance Spyware Committee, S&D, Hungary
- Bert-Jan Ruissen, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel, ECR, The Netherlands
- Wille Rydman, Chair, National Coalition Party Group, Finland
- Venk Sabrutev, Deputy Chair, National Assembly’s Budget and Finance Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Darya Safai, Member, Chamber of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee, N-VA, Belgium
- Maria Elvira Salazar, Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Gary Sambrook, Member, House of Commons’ Home Affairs Committee, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Petri Sarvamaa, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Finland
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Simone Schmiedtbauer, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Austria
- Lord Kevin Shinkwin, Member of the House of Lords, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Ivaylo Shotev, Member, National Assembly’s Foreign Policy Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Radosław Sikorski, Chair, European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the U.S., EPP, Poland
- Sara Skyttedal, Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq, EPP, Sweden
- Atanas Slavov, Member of the National Assembly, Democratic Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Michaela Šojdrová, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s Culture and Education Committee, EPP, Czech Republic
- John Spellar, Member, House of Commons’ Defence Committee, Labour Party, United Kingdom
- Georgi Stamov, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Michelle Steel, Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Israel Caucus, Republican Party, U.S.
- Ivan Štefanec, Member of the European Parliament, EPP, Slovakia
- Vasil Stefanov, Chair, National Assembly’s Human Rights, Religion and Citizens’ Complaints Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Rena Stefanova, Deputy Chair, National Assembly’s Internal Security and Public Order Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Warren Steinley, Member, House of Commons' Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, Conservative Party, Canada
- David Stögmüller, Chair, National Council's Incompatibility Committee; Secretary, National Defence Permanent Subcommittee, Die Grünen, Austria
- Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair, Bundestag’s Defense Committee, FDP, Germany
- Benjamin Strasser, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, FDP, Germany
- Tom Suozzi, Vice Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ Problem Solvers Congressional Caucus, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Yordan Terziyski, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Dina Titus, Chair, U.S. House of Representatives’ Economic Development, Emergency Management, and Public Buildings Subcommittee, Democratic Party, U.S.
- Anton Tonev, Chair, National Assembly’s Health Committee, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Matej Tonin, Chair, New Slovenia – Christian Democrats Party, Slovenia
- Craig Tracey, Member of the House of Commons, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Deyra Türk-Nachbaur, SPD Head, Bundestag’s Commission of Enquete “Lessons from Afghanistan for Germany’s future networked engagement”, SPD, Germany
- István Ujhelyi, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee, S&D, Hungary
- Andrew Ullmann, Chair, Bundestag’s Global Health Subcommittee, FDP, Germany
- Inese Vaidere, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Delegation, EPP, Latvia
- Radoslav Vasilev, Member of the National Assembly, We Continue the Change, Bulgaria
- Juan Maria Vázquez Rojas, Partido Popular Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Universities Committee of the Senate, Spain
- The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers, Member, House of Commons’ Intelligence and Security Committee, Conservative Party, United Kingdom
- Loránt Vincze, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee, EPP, Romania
- Petar Vitanov, Head, Bulgarian S&D Delegation to the European Parliament, Bulgaria
- Veronika Vrecionová, Member of the European Parliament, ECR, Czech Republic
- Marek Vyborny, Chair, KDU-ČSL Parliamentary Group, Czech Republic
- Marion Walsmann, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee, EPP, Germany
- Mike Waltz, Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives’ Research and Technology Subcommittee, Republican Party, U.S.
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair, U.S. House of Representatives' Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Democrat, U.S.
- John Weinerhall, Member, Swedish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Moderate Party, Sweden
- Christopher Weissberg, Member, National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, Renaissance, France
- Nicole Westig, FDP Spokesperson for the Health Committee of the Bundestag, Germany
- Annette Widmann-Mauz, Member, Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, CDU, Germany
- Mareike Lotte Wulf, Member of the Bundestag, CDU, Germany
- Caroline Yadan, Member, National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, Renaissance, France
- Ekaterina Zaharieva, Chair, National Assembly’s Foreign Policy Committee, GERB-UDF, Bulgaria
- Javier Zarzalejos, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union Special Committee, EPP, Spain
- Bob Zimmer, Member, House of Commons’ Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, Conservative Party, Canada
- Željana Zovko, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, EPP, Croatia
- Milan Zver, Vice Chair, European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Countries of South Asia, EPP, Slovenia