Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: In committee: ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) is preparing the report (draft published 25 March 2026).
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
- 2 Committee work ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) preparing the report
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote
- 5 Negotiations with the Council
- 6 Published as law
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. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
- Rapporteurs
- Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ PPEOihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Yannis MANIATIS S&DAleksandar NIKOLIC PfEBeata SZYDŁO ECRBarry ANDREWS RenewJutta PAULUS Verts/ALENikos PAPPAS The LeftMartine KEMP PPERosa SERRANO SIERRA S&DRoman HAIDER PfERoberts ZĪLE ECRKai TEGETHOFF Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The LeftVolker SCHNURRBUSCH ESN
- For opinion
- SEDE — Security and Defence · rapporteur Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS RenewREGI — Regional Development · rapporteur Antonella SBERNA ECRENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Pierfrancesco MARAN S&D
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
Timeline
- Committee stage
- 23 June 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 5 May 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 24 April – 27 April 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (4 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 14 April 2026 REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 14 April 2026 SEDE (Security and Defence) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 25 March 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 23 October 2025 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; SEDE (Security and Defence), REGI (Regional Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.