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Own-initiative report First reading

EU strategy to face the new theories against democracy

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: In committee: AFET (Foreign Affairs) is preparing the report (draft published 17 November 2025).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 March 2025
  2. 2 Committee work AFET (Foreign Affairs) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
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
AFET — Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur
Bernard GUETTA Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS PfEAlice TEODORESCU MÅWE PPERobert BIEDROŃ S&DMatthieu VALET PfEArkadiusz MULARCZYK ECRMounir SATOURI Verts/ALETomasz FROELICH ESN
For opinion
DEVE — Development · rapporteur Marco TARQUINIO 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.

The text, version by version

Committee draft · latest Draft report (AFET) 17 November 2025 ✦ A draft report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs calls for an EU strategy to defend democracy against new theories that reject it, including the Neo-Reaction school of thought in the United States and Russian regime ideologues.

Committee opinions: Opinion (DEVE),Draft opinion (DEVE)

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

  1. Committee stage
  2. 17 March 2026 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (DEVE)
  3. 18 December 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFET)
  4. 17 November 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AFET)
  5. 13 March 2025 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development) gives an opinion.