Skip to content
2025/2243(ACI) Interinstitutional agreement First reading

Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission

An agreement between Parliament, Council and Commission on how they work together.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 11 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 February 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 24 February 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 27 February 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 11 March 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
AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur
Sven SIMON PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR S&DJuan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL PfESandro GOZI RenewReinier VAN LANSCHOT 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0069/2026 11 March 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the revised Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission, which strengthens political accountability, dialogue, and information flow between the two institutions.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0031/2026 27 February 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the revised Framework Agreement on relations with the Commission, which strengthens democratic accountability, transparency, and Parliament's oversight role.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFCO) 7 January 2026 ✦ This draft report concerns the revised Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission. It approves the agreement, which updates the 2010 framework to strengthen Parliament's legislative, budgetary, and scrutiny prerogatives.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Adds a call for the Commission to act on Parliament's right of inquiry under Article 226 TFEU. The other changes are formal: punctuation corrections in recitals. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The revised agreement strengthens Parliament's oversight role, adding requirements for commissioner presence at Question Time and detailed information on the College. New provisions stress compliance with the Treaties and institutional balance, and add commitments on impact assessments and monitoring of the agreement. Several changes rephrase existing commitments without altering their substance, such as on urgent requests and international agreements. One formal change corrects the addressee of the signing instruction from Council to Commission and renumbers the paragraph. 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. 11 March 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 11 March 2026 📄 Report A10-0031/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0069/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 446 Against 100 Abstained 72

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:43 · 72% 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. Separate vote on paragraph 2, indent 2
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Final vote — text as a whole 12:43 A10-0031/2026 – Sven Simon – Proposal for a decision (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 9 March 2026 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 9 March 2026 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0021/2026📄 Report A10-0031/2026
  4. 4 March 2026 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–2📄 Amendment 3
  5. 27 February 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0031/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 24 February 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 9 February 2026 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  9. 6 February 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFCO)
  10. 7 January 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (AFCO)