MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – International child abduction and implementation of the Brussels IIb Regulation – E-001054/2025

Question for written answer  E-001054/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D), Murielle Laurent (S&D), Emma Rafowicz (S&D)

Despite the entry into force of the Brussels IIb Regulation in August 2022, the international abduction of European children remains a recurrent phenomenon, with more than a thousand cases a year. One very worrying case is that of Eva and Juliette Paris, which was investigated by the French judicial authorities.

• 1.What is the Commission’s assessment at this stage of the implementation of the Brussels IIb Regulation by the Member States, in particular France?
• 2.What action is the Commission taking to prevent and resolve cases of international abduction of European children and to ensure the implementation and enforcement of the Hague Convention and the Brussels IIb Regulation by the third countries concerned, including the United States?

Submitted: 12.3.2025