2025/2069(INI) Own-initiative report First reading

Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

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 15 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 3 April 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 June 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 25 August 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 15 September 2026
  5. ✓ 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
EUDS — European Democracy Shield (special committee)
Rapporteur
Tomas TOBÉ PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Ana Catarina MENDES S&DJaroslav BŽOCH PfEBeata SZYDŁO ECRHelmut BRANDSTÄTTER RenewKim VAN SPARRENTAK Verts/ALEDanilo DELLA VALLE The LeftChristine ANDERSON 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0286/2026 15 September 2026 ✦ Parliament's resolution responds to the joint communication on the European Democracy Shield and sets out what the EU should do to protect democracy against foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), hybrid attacks and disinformation.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0199/2026 25 August 2026 ✦ Parliament's resolution sets out the findings and recommendations of its Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, responding to the Commission and High Representative joint communication of 12 November 2025.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (EUDS) 18 December 2025 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the findings and recommendations of Parliament's Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield. It welcomes the joint communication setting up the Shield and calls for a European Centre for Democratic Resilience with a clear mandate, budget and legal basis by Q1 2027.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The text adds a new condemnation of third-country interference in certain outermost regions and overseas countries and territories. It adds that information manipulation operations have been detected against three candidates for France's 2027 presidential election and attributed to Russia. It changes the number of EU sanctions packages imposed since 2022 from 20 to 21. It shifts the call to assess legal gaps in Europol and Eurojust mandates from the Commission to co-legislators and from a planned to an ongoing revision. The other changes are formal: decimal separators, punctuation and a spelling correction. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds many recitals and calls on the Centre's governance, funding and mandate, including Member State and Parliament representation and a feasibility assessment on administering EU funding. It adds measures on platform recommender systems, account verification, AI labelling, advertising transparency, Telegram, influencers and user safeguards, and on public service media, spyware, media ranking and online advertising. It adds provisions on digital dependencies, critical raw materials, hack-for-hire, secure communications, GPS jamming, submarine cables, maritime hubs and cybersecurity, and on cooperation with Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, EU Delegations and CSDP missions. It adds provisions on preparedness reporting, crisis-alert apps, household booklets, exercises, Erasmus+, funding, institutional security, Frontex's mandate, crypto-asset political donations and the rule of law report. The other changes are formal: updated citations and cross-references. 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

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 15 September 2026 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 15 September 2026 📄 Report A10-0199/2026
  3. 15 September 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 15 September 2026 📄 Report A10-0199/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0286/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 420 Against 220 Abstained 26

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:55 · 63% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 139 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 139 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 27 13:35 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 1 – Am 27
    Rejected
    2. Amendment 2 13:35 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 1 – Am 2
    Rejected
    3. Amendment 28 13:36 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 1 – Am 28
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 29 13:36 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 2 – Am 29
    Rejected
    5. Amendment 88 13:36 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 2 – Am 88
    Rejected
    6. Separate vote: after paragraph 2 After § 2
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    7. Amendment 30 13:36 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 3 – Am 30
    Rejected
    8. Separate vote: paragraph 4 § 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    9. Amendment 58 13:36 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 4 – Am 58
    Rejected
    10. Separate vote: after paragraph 4 After § 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    11. Amendment 60 13:37 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 4 – Am 60
    Rejected
    12. Separate vote: paragraph 5 § 5
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    13. Amendment 57 13:37 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 5 – Am 57
    Adopted
    14. Amendment 15 13:37 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 6 – Am 15
    Rejected
    15. Separate vote: after paragraph 6 After § 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    16. Paragraph 9 — part 1 13:37 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 9/1
    Adopted
    17. Paragraph 9 — part 2 13:38 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 9/2
    Adopted
    18. Separate vote: paragraph 12 13:38 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 12
    Adopted
    19. Amendment 31 13:38 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 12 – Am 31
    Rejected
    20. Separate vote: after paragraph 13 After § 13
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    21. Separate vote: after paragraph 13 After § 13
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    22. Separate vote: after paragraph 13 After § 13
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    23. Amendment 65 13:38 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 13 – Am 65
    Rejected
    24. Separate vote: paragraph 15 § 15
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    25. Paragraph 15 — part 2 13:39 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 15/2
    Adopted
    26. Separate vote: paragraph 17 13:39 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 17
    Adopted
    27. Amendment 32 13:39 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 19 – Am 32
    Rejected
    28. Amendment 33 13:39 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 20 – Am 33
    Rejected
    29. Separate vote: paragraph 21 § 21
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    30. Amendment 34 13:40 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 22 – Am 34
    Rejected
    31. Separate vote: after paragraph 23 After § 23
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    32. Amendment 16 13:40 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 24 – Am 16
    Rejected
    33. Amendment 35 13:40 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 25 – Am 35
    Rejected
    34. Separate vote: paragraph 27 § 27
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    35. Separate vote: paragraph 27 § 27
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    36. Separate vote: paragraph 27 § 27
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    37. Amendment 36 13:41 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 29 – Am 36
    Rejected
    38. Amendment 37 13:41 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 29 – Am 37
    Rejected
    39. Separate vote: paragraph 30 13:41 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 30
    Adopted
    40. Separate vote: paragraph 32 § 32
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    41. Paragraph 32 — part 2 13:42 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 32/2
    Adopted
    42. Amendment 17 13:42 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 32 – Am 17
    Rejected
    43. Separate vote: paragraph 34 § 34
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    44. Paragraph 34 — part 2 13:42 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 34/2
    Adopted
    45. Amendment 3 13:42 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 34 – Am 3
    Rejected
    46. Separate vote: after paragraph 34 After § 34
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    47. Amendment 38 13:42 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 34 – Am 38
    Rejected
    48. Separate vote: after paragraph 34 After § 34
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    49. Amendment 19 13:43 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 42 – Am 19
    Rejected
    50. Amendment 20 13:43 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 44 – Am 20
    Rejected
    51. Separate vote: paragraph 47 13:43 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 47
    Adopted
    52. Amendment 92 13:43 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 48 – Am 92
    Rejected
    53. Separate vote: paragraph 48 13:44 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 48
    Adopted
    54. Amendment 4 13:44 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 48 – Am 4
    Rejected
    55. Amendment 39 13:44 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 48 – Am 39
    Rejected
    56. Amendment 40 13:44 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 48 – Am 40
    Rejected
    57. Amendment 41 13:44 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 48 – Am 41
    Rejected
    58. Separate vote: after paragraph 49 After § 49
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    59. Separate vote: paragraph 50 § 50
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    60. Paragraph 50 — part 2 13:45 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 50/2
    Adopted
    61. Amendment 5 13:45 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 53 – Am 5
    Rejected
    62. Amendment 42 13:45 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 53 – Am 42
    Rejected
    63. Amendment 43 13:45 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 56 – Am 43
    Rejected
    64. Amendment 44 13:45 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 56 – Am 44
    Rejected
    65. Amendment 45 13:45 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 61 – Am 45
    Rejected
    66. Separate vote: paragraph 63 § 63
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    67. Amendment 82 13:46 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 65 – Am 82
    Rejected
    68. Separate vote: after paragraph 77 After § 77
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    69. Separate vote: paragraph 78 § 78
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    70. Amendment 46 13:46 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 78 – Am 46
    Rejected
    71. Amendment 47 13:46 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 78 – Am 47
    Rejected
    72. Amendment 48 13:46 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 78 – Am 48
    Rejected
    73. Amendment 49 13:46 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 79 – Am 49
    Rejected
    74. Amendment 50 13:47 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 79 – Am 50
    Rejected
    75. Amendment 51 — part 1 13:47 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 80 – Am 51/1
    Rejected
    76. Amendment 51 — part 2 13:47 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 80 – Am 51/2
    Rejected
    77. Separate vote: paragraph 80 § 80
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    78. Paragraph 80 — part 2 13:47 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 80/2
    Adopted
    79. Amendment 6 13:47 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 80 – Am 6
    Rejected
    80. Amendment 52 13:47 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 80 – Am 52
    Rejected
    81. Separate vote: paragraph 81 § 81
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    82. Separate vote: paragraph 82 13:48 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 82
    Adopted
    83. Separate vote: paragraph 86 § 86
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    84. Separate vote: paragraph 87 § 87
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    85. Separate vote: paragraph 88 § 88
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    86. Separate vote: after paragraph 88 After § 88
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    87. Amendment 94 13:48 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 88 – Am 94
    Rejected
    88. Separate vote: after paragraph 90 After § 90
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    89. Amendment 53 13:48 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 99 – Am 53
    Rejected
    90. Separate vote: after paragraph 99 After § 99
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    91. Paragraph 101 — part 1 13:49 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 101/1
    Adopted
    92. Paragraph 101 — part 2 13:49 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 101/2
    Adopted
    93. Paragraph 101 — part 3 13:49 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 101/3
    Adopted
    94. Paragraph 101 — part 4 13:49 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 101/4
    Adopted
    95. Paragraph 101 — part 5 13:49 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 101/5
    Adopted
    96. Amendment 7 13:50 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 101 – Am 7
    Rejected
    97. Separate vote: after paragraph 101 After § 101
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    98. Separate vote: after paragraph 101 After § 101
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    99. Amendment 8 13:50 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 104 – Am 8
    Rejected
    100. Amendment 9 13:50 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 104 – Am 9
    Rejected
    101. Amendment 54 13:50 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 107 – Am 54
    Rejected
    102. Separate vote: paragraph 108 13:50 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 108
    Adopted
    103. Amendment 25 — part 1 13:50 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 110 – Am 25/1
    Rejected
    104. Amendment 25 — part 2 13:51 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 110 – Am 25/2
    Rejected
    105. Amendment 86 13:51 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – § 115 – Am 86
    Rejected
    106. Separate vote: paragraph 115 § 115
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    107. Separate vote: paragraph 115 § 115
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    108. Separate vote: after paragraph 115 After § 115
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    109. Amendment 55 13:51 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 115 – Am 55
    Rejected
    110. Separate vote: paragraph 116 § 116
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    111. Separate vote: paragraph 118 § 118
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    112. Amendment 72 13:52 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 132 – Am 72
    Rejected
    113. Amendment 73 13:52 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After § 132 – Am 73
    Rejected
    114. Amendment 11 13:52 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After citation 70 – Am 11
    Rejected
    115. Separate vote: recital B 13:52 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital B
    Adopted
    116. Separate vote: recital C Recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    117. Separate vote: after recital C After recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    118. Separate vote: recital D Recital D
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    119. Separate vote: recital G Recital G
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    120. Separate vote: recital J Recital J
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    121. Recital J — part 2 13:53 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital J/2
    Adopted
    122. Separate vote: recital O Recital O
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    123. Separate vote: recital O Recital O
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    124. Separate vote: recital R Recital R
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    125. Separate vote: recital R Recital R
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    126. Amendment 1 13:53 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After Recital AB – Am 1
    Rejected
    127. Separate vote: recital AU 13:53 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital AU
    Adopted
    128. Separate vote: recital BC Recital BC
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    129. Separate vote: recital BK Recital BK
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    130. Separate vote: recital BK Recital BK
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    131. Separate vote: recital BT Recital BT
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    132. Separate vote: recital BT Recital BT
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    133. Recital BT — part 2 13:54 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital BT/2
    Adopted
    134. Amendment 56 13:54 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – After Recital BT – Am 56
    Adopted
    135. Amendment 78 13:54 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital BZ – Am 78
    Rejected
    136. Separate vote: after recital BZ After recital BZ
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    137. Amendment 80 13:55 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Recital CL – Am 80
    Rejected
    138. Separate vote: after recital CN After recital CN
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    139. Final vote — text as a whole 13:55 A10-0199/2026 – Tomas Tobé – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  4. 8 September – 9 September 2026 95 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–9📄 Amendment 10📄 Amendments 11–19📄 Amendments 20–26📄 Amendments 27–36📄 Amendments 37–46📄 Amendments 47–55📄 Amendments 56–57📄 Amendments 58–67📄 Amendments 68–73📄 Amendments 74–83📄 Amendments 84–85📄 Amendment 86📄 Amendments 87–95
  5. 25 August 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0199/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 23 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    EUDS (European Democracy Shield (special committee)) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 12 February 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (6 batches)

    Members of EUDS (European Democracy Shield (special committee)) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (EUDS)📄 Amendments in committee (EUDS)📄 Amendments in committee (EUDS)📄 Amendments in committee (EUDS)📄 Amendments in committee (EUDS)📄 Amendments in committee (EUDS)
  9. 18 December 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in EUDS (European Democracy Shield (special committee)). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (EUDS)
  10. 3 April 2025 Referred to the EUDS (European Democracy Shield (special committee)) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.