Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands: Parliament rejected the text on 17 June 2025; no position was adopted.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 20 May 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 3 June 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Rejected 17 June 2025
- ✓ Parliament’s position No text adopted
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
- DEVE — Development
- Rapporteur
- Charles GOERENS Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Niels GEUKING PPEMarit MAIJ S&DIsabella LÖVIN Verts/ALEIsabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ The LeftMarc JONGEN ESN
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 Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands significantly, adding many new recitals and paragraphs on debt, climate, tax, and geopolitical issues, and shifting focus to structural reform of the international financial architecture. New calls include a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt, a UN tax convention, and mandatory EITI, while strengthening gender equality and civil society participation. The report now emphasizes that private finance cannot replace public investment, and adds specific funding targets for education and UNRWA. It also responds to the US withdrawal from foreign assistance, positioning the EU as a key actor and calling for increased ODA budgets. The other changes are formal: updated heading and forwarding instruction. 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
- 17 June 2025 Plenary voteRejected Rejected by a small majorityFor 282 Against 340 Abstained 26
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:56 · 44% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 19 ballots in voting order
RejectedRejectedRejectedRejectedRejectedAdoptedRejectedRejectedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedRejectedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejected19. Final vote — text as a whole 13:56 A10-0101/2025 – Charles Goerens – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)Rejected - 11 June 2025 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 3 June 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 20 May 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
DEVE (Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 6 March – 20 May 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of DEVE (Development) proposed changes to the draft.
- 12 February 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in DEVE (Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 23 January 2025 Referred to the DEVE (Development) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.