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Building a comprehensive European port strategy

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 17 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 May 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 December 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
TRAN — Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
MEP #197778 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Kathleen VAN BREMPT S&DMEP #35016 IDJohan VAN OVERTVELDT ECRMEP #239973 RenewJutta PAULUS Verts/ALEMEP #136236 The Left
For opinion
INTA — International Trade · rapporteur Iuliu WINKLER PPE

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0025/2024 17 January 2024 ✦ Parliament calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive European Port Strategy by the end of 2024, covering foreign influence, security, the energy transition and competitiveness.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0443/2023 15 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's resolution calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive European Port Strategy by the end of 2024. It asks for limits on foreign influence and control over EU ports, stronger security and cybersecurity, and measures to keep EU ports competitive.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 18 September 2023 ✦ This draft report by the Committee on Transport and Tourism calls for a comprehensive European port strategy. It asks the Commission to reduce non-EU influence and control in EU ports, strengthen port security and cybersecurity, support ports in the energy transition, and improve the competitiveness of EU ports and shipping.

Committee opinions: Opinion (INTA),Draft opinion (INTA)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 17 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0443/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0025/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 585 Against 21 Abstained 26

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:35 · 93% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 2 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 2 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote on paragraph 9
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Final vote — text as a whole 12:35 A9-0443/2023 – Tom Berendsen – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 16 January 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 16 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0443/2023
  4. 15 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0443/2023
  5. Committee stage
  6. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 28 November 2023 INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (INTA)
  8. 18 September 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  9. 11 July 2023 Draft opinion from INTA (International Trade)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (INTA)
  10. 11 May 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; INTA (International Trade) gives an opinion.