Establishing Global Europe
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: Tabled for plenary on 20 October 2026; awaiting the vote.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 October 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 20 October 2026
- 4 Plenary vote Awaiting the 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
- DEVE — Development
- Rapporteurs
- Michael GAHLER PPERobert BIEDROŃ S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Andreas SCHIEDER S&DJorge MARTÍN FRÍAS PfERihards KOLS ECRDan BARNA RenewTineke STRIK Verts/ALEÖzlem DEMIREL The LeftAlexander SELL ESNHildegard BENTELE PPEGyörgy HÖLVÉNYI PfEMariusz KAMIŃSKI ECRCharles GOERENS RenewMounir SATOURI Verts/ALEIsabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ The LeftMarc JONGEN ESN
- For opinion
- PECH — Fisheries · rapporteur Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ RenewCONT — Budgetary Control INTA — International Trade SEDE — Security and Defence BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur Rasmus ANDRESEN Verts/ALELIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Abir AL-SAHLANI Renew
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 20 October 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 19 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
DEVE (Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 10 September 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 9 July 2026 PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 3 June 2026 FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 26 May 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (6 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 17 April 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 23 October 2025 Referred to the DEVE (Development) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; PECH (Fisheries), CONT (Budgetary Control), INTA (International Trade), SEDE (Security and Defence), BUDG (Budgets), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) give an opinion.