Competition policy – annual report 2024
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 8 May 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 28 November 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 April 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 April 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 8 May 2025
- ✓ 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
- ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Lara WOLTERS S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Andreas SCHWAB PPEPierre PIMPIE PfEFrancesco VENTOLA ECRStéphanie YON-COURTIN RenewKira Marie PETER-HANSEN Verts/ALEMartin SCHIRDEWAN The Left
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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal and wording points: a decimal separator is corrected and a missing space is added. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report broadens the scope of competition policy to include sustainability, energy, defence, and innovation, and adds references to the Draghi and Letta reports. It strengthens State aid conditions, including bans for tax haven companies and a European Competitiveness Fund, and adds deadlines for IPCEI notifications. It expands merger control scrutiny to killer acquisitions and digital markets, and adds calls for a new competition tool and structural remedies. It adds numerous sector-specific concerns, including digital concentration, AI, financial sector, food supply chains, and payments, and calls for investigations. It increases Parliament's role in competition policy and updates the explanatory statement. see the changes →
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
- Plenary stage
- 8 May 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 358 Against 124 Abstained 79
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:47 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 19 ballots in voting order
1. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 13:41 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 3 - Am 6Rejected3. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 13:41 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 3 - Am 7Rejected4. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 3 13:41 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 3 - Am 8Rejected5. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 13:41 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 4 - Am 2Rejected6. Separate vote on paragraph 5RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Separate vote on paragraph 8RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 8 13:45 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 8 - Am 1Rejected9. Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 11 13:45 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 11 - Am 10RejectedRejected11. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 15RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted13. Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 18 13:46 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 18 - Am 12Rejected14. Separate vote on paragraph 22AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedRejected17. Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 39 13:46 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Après le § 39 - Am 14Rejected18. Separate vote on paragraph 40AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded19. Final vote — text as a whole 13:47 A10-0071/2025 - Lara Wolters - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)Adopted - 7 May 2025 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 30 April 2025 14 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 15 April 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 8 April 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 3 February 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 11 December 2024 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 28 November 2024 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.