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Own-initiative report First reading

European Central Bank – annual report 2026

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

Where it stands: In committee: ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) is preparing the report (draft published 30 September 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 17 September 2026
  2. 2 Committee work ECON (Economic and Monetary 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
ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur
Georgios AFTIAS PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Matthias ECKE S&DJaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ PfEDenis NESCI ECRGilles BOYER RenewRasmus ANDRESEN Verts/ALEMartin SCHIRDEWAN 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

Committee draft · latest Draft report (ECON) 30 September 2026 ✦ A draft report on the European Central Bank's (ECB) annual report for 2026 restates that price stability is the ECB's main goal and that its statutory independence must be matched by accountability to Parliament.

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. 22 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ECON)
  3. 30 September 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ECON)
  4. 17 September 2026 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.