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Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia

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 16 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 May 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 November 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 November 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 December 2025
  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
AFET — Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur
Hana JALLOUL MURO S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE PPEAntónio TÂNGER CORRÊA PfEAdam BIELAN ECRBernard GUETTA RenewVille NIINISTÖ Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0326/2025 16 December 2025 ✦ Parliament's resolution on EU-Saudi Arabia relations calls for a strategic partnership agreement, deeper cooperation on energy, trade, security, and human rights, and urges Saudi reforms on labour, women's rights, and the death penalty.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0230/2025 12 November 2025 ✦ This resolution on EU-Saudi Arabia relations calls for a strategic partnership, deeper cooperation in energy, trade, security, and human rights, and supports negotiations for a Strategic Partnership Agreement.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFET) 27 June 2025 ✦ This draft report on EU-Saudi Arabia relations welcomes the partnership and calls for deeper cooperation in security, trade, energy, and human rights, while supporting Saudi reforms and regional roles.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: footnote references are removed and a decimal separator is corrected. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Expands the report with new paragraphs on strategic partnership, energy, visa waiver, and human rights. Adds detailed positions on regional conflicts, including Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Iran, and calls for SPA negotiations. Strengthens language on labour rights, women's rights, and death penalty abolition. Updates forwarding instructions and fixes hyphenation; other changes are formal or wording. 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. 16 December 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 16 December 2025 📄 Report A10-0230/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0326/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 417 Against 131 Abstained 108

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:14 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 7 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 7 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 1 to paragraph 6 13:13 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – § 6 – Am 1D
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote on paragraph 6
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Separate vote on paragraph 6
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    4. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 7 13:13 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – After § 7 – Am 2
    Rejected
    5. Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 13:13 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – § 27 – Am 3
    Rejected
    6. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 36 13:14 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – After § 36 – Am 4
    Rejected
    7. Final vote — text as a whole 13:14 A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 15 December 2025 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 15 December 2025 📄 Report A10-0230/2025
  4. 10 December 2025 4 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–4
  5. 12 November 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0230/2025
  6. Committee stage
  7. 4 November 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 10 September 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFET)
  9. 27 June 2025 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (AFET)
  10. 8 May 2025 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.