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Strategic political relations with Australia – potential for deeper ties in the face of a volatile international order

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 19 June 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 30 April 2026
  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
Željana ZOVKO PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Tobias CREMER S&DMieke ANDRIESE PfEAdam BIELAN ECRUrmas PAET RenewThomas WAITZ Verts/ALEJonas SJÖSTEDT The LeftStanislav STOYANOV 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

Committee draft · latest Draft report (AFET) 19 June 2026 ✦ A draft report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs on strategic political relations with Australia. It calls for deeper EU-Australia ties across foreign policy, security, trade, critical raw materials, digital and green transitions, research and parliamentary dialogue.

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. 16 September 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFET)
  3. 19 June 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (AFET)
  4. 30 April 2026 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.