Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0387(NLE)
Agreement, in the form of an Exchange of Letters, between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco amending and supplementing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Kingdom of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament gave its consent on 8 July 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 27 April 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 5 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 8 July 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
8 July 2026 · decision 5
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement
Consent given 573 for · 35 against · 37 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The agreement continues scientific cooperation on water, farming and food challenges in the Mediterranean, with no extra budget beyond existing PRIMA funding.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The versions differ only in wording: one phrase is shortened by removing a reference to climate objectives.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Paolo Borchia (Patriots)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Raúl De La Hoz Quintano (EPP), Georgia Tramacere (S&D)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 8 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement amending and supplementing the EU–Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for Morocco's participation in PRIMA.
Tabled for plenary· 5 Jun 2026
AI summary:The European Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement amending the EU-Morocco scientific cooperation agreement for Morocco's participation in PRIMA until 2031.
Committee draft· 12 May 2026
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the EU-Morocco agreement updating Morocco's participation in the PRIMA research partnership until 2031, and calls on the Commission to monitor agricultural imports to ensure reciprocity and safeguards.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
8 July 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 8 Jul 2026 Adopted text TA10-0258/2026Report A10-0151/2026
5 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
3 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
12 May 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
27 April 2026
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0387(NLE)