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Own-initiative report First reading

Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system

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 7 July 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 November 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 June 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 26 June 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 July 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
ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
Stefan BERGER PPEJonás FERNÁNDEZ S&DAuke ZIJLSTRA PfEGilles BOYER RenewMaria OHISALO Verts/ALEJussi SARAMO The LeftAlexander JUNGBLUTH 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 TA10-0251/2026 7 July 2026 ✦ Parliament's resolution on digital assets addresses challenges for the EU's financial system, covering crypto-assets, tokenisation, stablecoins, and cross-cutting issues. It calls for effective enforcement of MiCAR, monitoring risks, and promoting innovation and interoperability.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0186/2026 26 June 2026 ✦ This resolution addresses digital assets and their impact on the EU's financial system, covering crypto-assets, tokenisation, stablecoins, and cross-cutting issues.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ECON) 19 February 2026 ✦ This draft report addresses digital assets and their challenges for the EU financial system. It supports a system-wide, activity-based, and technologically neutral regulatory approach, and calls for strengthened data capabilities and supervisory dialogue on multi-function groups.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Adds a paragraph expressing concern about US dollar-denominated stablecoins and their risks to EU monetary sovereignty and financial stability. Other changes are formal: correcting decimal separators, regulation numbers, and stray footnote markers. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands on the potential of DLT and tokenisation for EU capital markets, adding calls for regulatory revisions and international cooperation. It strengthens language on stablecoin risks and welcomes euro-denominated e-money tokens, while addressing legal certainty for multi-issuance. It adds a reference to the new US administration's openness to crypto-assets and its legislative actions. Other changes are formal: corrected regulation numbers, updated footnotes, and renumbering. 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. 7 July 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 7 July 2026 📄 Report A10-0186/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0251/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 390 Against 86 Abstained 134

    Final vote — text as a whole at 14:00 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 4 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 4 ballots in voting order
    1. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 19
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote on paragraph 20
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote on paragraph 21
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Final vote — text as a whole 14:00 A10-0186/2026 – Johan Van Overtveldt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 3 July 2026 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–3
  4. 26 June 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0186/2026
  5. Committee stage
  6. 23 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 24 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ECON)
  8. 19 February 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ECON)
  9. 13 November 2025 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.