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Own-initiative report First reading

EU-Syria political relations

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Tabled for plenary; the vote is scheduled for 25 November 2026.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 30 April 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 October 2026
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote Scheduled 25 November 2026
  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
Nathalie LOISEAU Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Ingeborg TER LAAK PPEMarco TARQUINIO S&DMieke ANDRIESE PfEGeadis GEADI ECRHannah NEUMANN Verts/ALERima HASSAN The LeftTomasz FROELICH 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) 11 May 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs on EU-Syria political relations. It welcomes the fall of the Assad regime and the engagement of the Syrian transitional authorities with the international community.

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. 19 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  3. 15 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFET)
  4. 11 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)
  5. 30 April 2026 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.