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INTERIM REPORT (2025/0810R(NLE))

In view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico

A-10-2026-0182

Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee on International Trade · Rapporteur: Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz

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This resolution backs the modernised EU-Mexico Global Agreement, stressing its strategic, political and economic value. It calls for strong cooperation on security, human rights, trade and sustainable development, and for monitoring of Mexico's reforms. Parliament urges both parties to uphold democratic principles, fight corruption and organised crime, protect journalists and human rights defenders, and address gender-based violence and enforced disappearances. It welcomes trade benefits such as tariff removal, protection of geographical indications, and new market access, while calling for safeguards for sensitive sectors and full compliance with EU standards. The resolution regrets the lack of a dedicated energy chapter and calls for its review within three years, and supports the Investment Court System and the anti-corruption protocol.

Committee position. The committees recommend that Parliament give its consent to the Agreement, while urging strong monitoring and cooperation on democracy, security and trade.

Key points

  1. Stresses the geopolitical importance of the EU-Mexico partnership in promoting human rights, democracy and multilateralism.
  2. Welcomes Mexico's role in global fora and its votes condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
  3. Calls for strengthened cooperation on hybrid threats, including disinformation and foreign information manipulation.
  4. Urges the establishment of a Civil Society Forum and meaningful involvement of civil society, including indigenous groups, in monitoring the Agreement.
  5. Calls for specific programmes to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and to protect women human rights defenders.
  6. Urges Mexico to uphold judicial independence, separation of powers and electoral integrity, and to protect journalists and combat enforced disappearances.
  7. Calls for concrete benchmarks for security-sector reform and dismantling criminal networks, and for reducing political violence.
  8. Highlights trade benefits: removal of tariffs, protection of 568 geographical indications, and new market access in services and procurement.
  9. Regrets the absence of a dedicated energy chapter and calls for a review within three years to strengthen legal certainty and non-discrimination.
  10. Supports the replacement of investor-state dispute settlement with the Investment Court System and stresses consistency with environmental and labour rights.
  11. Commends the first anti-corruption protocol in an EU trade agreement and calls for its swift operation and civil society involvement.
  12. Calls for effective monitoring and regular reporting to Parliament on implementation, including on rule of law and anti-corruption.

Who is affected

  • EU and Mexican authorities, who must implement the Agreement and uphold its standards.
  • EU farmers and agri-food exporters, who gain from tariff removal on products like cheese and pork.
  • EU companies, especially SMEs, benefit from reduced bureaucracy and new procurement opportunities.
  • Civil society organisations, including indigenous groups, are to be involved in monitoring.
  • Journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico, who need protection.

Figures and deadlines

  • Total EU exports could increase by 75% and EU companies could save up to EUR 100 million per year in customs duties.
  • Mexican tariffs on cheese and pork reach up to 45%, and on poultry up to 100%.
  • 568 geographical indications will be protected in Mexico.
  • Mexico is the source of 33% of the EU's fluorspar imports.
  • EU investment stocks in Mexico reached EUR 209 billion in 2023.
  • Around 45,000 EU companies export to Mexico, approximately 83% of which are SMEs.

Legal basis: Articles 91, 100(2), 207(4), 209(2) and 218(6) and (7) TFEU