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A new co-ownership for the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations – the Pact for the Mediterranean

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 21 October 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 30 April 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 10 September 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 22 September 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 21 October 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
AFET — Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur
Nicola ZINGARETTI S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Massimiliano SALINI PPEMatthieu VALET PfEAlberico GAMBINO ECRHelmut BRANDSTÄTTER RenewLeoluca ORLANDO Verts/ALEGiorgos GEORGIOU 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

Tabled for plenary · latest Report A10-0239/2026 22 September 2026 ✦ Parliament's resolution welcomes the Pact for the Mediterranean as a chance to renew EU relations with southern Mediterranean partners on the basis of co-ownership, shared responsibility and people-centred cooperation.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFET) 7 May 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs on a new co-ownership for the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations, known as the Pact for the Mediterranean.

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. 21 October 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 21 October 2026 📄 Report A10-0239/2026
    Adopted Adopted
  3. 20 October 2026 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 20 October 2026 📄 Report A10-0239/2026
  4. 14 October 2026 15 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendment 1📄 Amendment 2📄 Amendment 3📄 Amendments 4–13📄 Amendment 14📄 Amendment 15
  5. 22 September 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0239/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 10 September 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 15 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFET)
  9. 7 May 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (AFET)
  10. 30 April 2026 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.