Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for a review of the EU's Black Sea strategy
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 7 October 2026).
- ✓ Referred to committee 30 April 2026
- 2 Committee work AFET (Foreign Affairs) preparing the report
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote
- 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
- Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Andrey KOVATCHEV PPEVasile DÎNCU S&DPierre-Romain THIONNET PfECristian TERHEŞ ECRSergey LAGODINSKY Verts/ALEDanilo DELLA VALLE 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
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
- Committee stage
- 7 October 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 30 April 2026 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.