Institutional aspects of the Report on the future of European Competitiveness (Draghi Report)
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 25 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 9 October 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 17 October 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 25 November 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
- AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Brando BENIFEI S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Loránt VINCZE PPEGerolf ANNEMANS PfETobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRSandro GOZI RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALENikolas FARANTOURIS 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: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report shifts focus from treaty change to improving decision-making within existing frameworks, emphasising efficiency and targeted adjustments. It adds detailed proposals on investment levels, capital markets, and defence, while dropping earlier calls for a permanent fiscal capacity and social progress protocol. Enlargement and the need to prepare for future rounds become a new priority, replacing earlier emphasis on the Competitiveness Compass. The report now stresses the need for democratic legitimacy and communication, and includes an explanatory statement. Other changes are formal or wording: updated references and rephrased sentences without altering substance. 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
- 25 November 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a small majorityFor 330 Against 273 Abstained 38
Final vote — text as a whole at 12:49 · 51% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 20 ballots in voting order
RejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted20. Final vote — text as a whole 12:49 A10-0196/2025 – Brando Benifei – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 19 November 2025 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 17 October 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 9 October 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 2 June 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 17 March 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 23 January 2025 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.