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7 Resolutions & reports ·decision 7 of 7 on Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

Committee report by Hilde Vautmans · voted 13:17–13:28

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

Adopted by a large majority 454 for · 86 against · 110 abstained (70 % in favour) Foreign affairsChina & Indo-Pacific
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted by a large majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For 454 Against 86 Abstained 110

Final vote — text as a whole at 13:28 · 70% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

Who backed it
  • The Left ✗
  • Verts/ALE ✓
  • S&D –
  • Renew ✓
  • PPE ✓
  • ECR ✓
  • PfE ✓
  • ESN ✗
  • NI ✗

Backed by Verts/ALE, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left and ESN; S&D mostly abstained.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament adopted a recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the High Representative on EU-China political relations, covering trade, human rights, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China's support for Russia. By adopting the text, Parliament set out its official position on how the EU should handle its relationship with China, describing Beijing as a partner, a competitor and a systemic rival at once. The text calls for a clear, united and realistic EU line on China, based on internal resilience and on cooperation only where it serves EU interests.

How the vote unfolded · 78 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 38 amendments (12 adopted, 26 rejected) and 39 parts of the text voted on separately (13 adopted, 26 rejected).

Roll calls requested by The Left, Verts/ALE, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE, ESN · split votes by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR.

adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

All 78 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 12 to paragraph 1, after point a 13:17 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point a – Am 12 requested by The Left
Rejected
2. Amendment 60 to paragraph 1, after point a 13:17 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point a – Am 60 requested by ESN
Rejected
3. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point b
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
4. Amendment 13 to paragraph 1, point c 13:17 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point c – Am 13 requested by The Left
Rejected
5. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point c
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
6. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point e
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
7. Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, point e 13:17 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point e – Am 1 requested by PPE
Adopted
8. Amendment 27 to paragraph 1, after point h 13:17 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point h – Am 27 requested by ECR
Rejected
9. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point i
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
10. Amendment 64 to paragraph 1, after point i 13:18 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point i – Am 64 requested by ESN
Rejected
11. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point j
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
12. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point j
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
13. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point j
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
14. Amendment 29 to paragraph 1, after point j 13:18 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point j – Am 29 requested by PPE
Adopted
15. Amendment 32 to paragraph 1, point k 13:18 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point k – Am 32 requested by PfE
Rejected
16. Amendment 33 to paragraph 1, after point k 13:18 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point k – Am 33
Rejected
17. Amendment 66 to paragraph 1, after point k 13:18 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point k – Am 66 requested by ESN
Rejected
18. Amendment 16 to paragraph 1, point l 13:19 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point l – Am 16 requested by The Left
Rejected
19. Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, point n 13:19 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point n – Am 2 requested by PPE
Adopted
20. Amendment 67 to paragraph 1, after point o 13:19 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point o – Am 67 requested by ESN
Rejected
21. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point p
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
22. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point q
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
23. Amendment 34 to paragraph 1, point v 13:19 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point v – Am 34
Rejected
24. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point v
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
25. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point v
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
26. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point x
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
27. Amendment 69 to paragraph 1, after point y 13:20 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point y – Am 69 requested by ESN
Rejected
28. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point aa 13:21 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point aa
Adopted
29. Amendment 20 to paragraph 1, point ab 13:22 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point ab – Am 20 requested by Verts/ALE
Rejected
30. Amendment 30 to paragraph 1, after point ab 13:22 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point ab – Am 30 requested by PPE
Adopted
31. Amendment 21 to paragraph 1, point ac 13:22 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point ac – Am 21S requested by Verts/ALE
Rejected
32. Amendment 35 to paragraph 1, point ai 13:22 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point ai – Am 35
Rejected
33. Amendment 3 to paragraph 1, point am 13:22 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point am – Am 3 requested by PPE
Adopted
34. Amendment 24 to paragraph 1, after point am 13:22 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point am – Am 24 requested by PPE
Adopted
35. Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, point ao 13:23 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point ao – Am 4 requested by PPE
Adopted
36. Amendment 42 to paragraph 1, after point ao 13:23 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point ao – Am 42 requested by PPE
Adopted
37. Amendment 43 to paragraph 1, after point ao 13:23 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point ao – Am 43 requested by PPE
Adopted
38. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point ao
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
39. Amendment 31 to paragraph 1, after point aq 13:23 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point aq – Am 31 requested by PPE
Adopted
40. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point au requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
41. Paragraph 1, point au — part 2 13:23 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point au/2 Part 2: ‘and completing the European defence union’ requested by ECR
Adopted
42. Paragraph 1, point au — part 3 13:24 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, point au/3 Part 3: ‘implementing institutional reform through an “urgency convention”,’ requested by ECR
Adopted
43. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point av
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Rejected
44. Amendment 22 to paragraph 1, after point aw 13:24 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 1, after point aw – Am 22 requested by The Left
Rejected
45. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point ay
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
46. Separate vote on paragraph 1, point ay
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
47. Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 2 13:24 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after § 2 – Am 23 requested by The Left
Rejected
48. Amendment 36 to paragraph 5 13:24 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – § 5 – Am 36 requested by PfE
Rejected
49. Separate vote on recital A
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
50. Amendment 48, adding text after recital A 13:25 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital A – Am 48 requested by ESN
Rejected
51. Vote on text inserted after recital A
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
52. Recital F — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘whereas China is, of its own accord, clearly shifting EU-China relations towards systemic rivalry;’” requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
53. Recital F — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
54. Recital F — part 2 13:25 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – Recital F/2 Part 2: “those words” requested by The Left
Adopted
55. Amendment 5, adding text after recital F 13:25 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital F – Am 5 requested by The Left
Rejected
56. Vote on text inserted after recital F
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
57. Amendment 51, adding text after recital G 13:26 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital G – Am 51 requested by ESN
Rejected
58. Separate vote on recital H
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
59. Amendment 25 to recital H 13:26 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – Recital H – Am 25 requested by PPE, ECR
Adopted
60. Vote on text inserted after recital H
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
61. Amendment 8 to recital I 13:26 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – Recital I – Am 8 requested by The Left
Rejected
62. Amendment 9, adding text after recital L 13:26 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital L – Am 9 requested by The Left
Rejected
63. Amendment 52, adding text after recital L 13:27 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital L – Am 52 requested by ESN
Rejected
64. Vote on text inserted after recital L
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
65. Separate vote on recital M
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
66. Separate vote on recital M
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
67. Amendment 55, adding text after recital N 13:27 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital N – Am 55 requested by ESN
Rejected
68. Amendment 56, adding text after recital N 13:27 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – after recital N – Am 56 requested by ESN
Rejected
69. Separate vote on recital P
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
70. Vote on text inserted after recital P
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
71. Separate vote on recital Q
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
72. Vote on text inserted after recital Q
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
73. Vote on text inserted after recital R
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
74. Vote on text inserted after recital U
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
75. Separate vote on recital AD
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
76. Separate vote on recital AO
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
77. Amendment 40 to recital AO — part 2 13:28 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – Recital AO – Am 40/2 Part 2: ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ and the deletion of the word ‘policy’ requested by Verts/ALE requested by Verts/ALE
Adopted
78. Final vote — text as a whole 13:28 A10-0237/2026 – Hilde Vautmans – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 7 October 2026. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2026-0237 in procedure 2025/2117.

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