Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2004(INI)
Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament rejected the text on 17 June 2025; no position was adopted.
- Referred to committee(done) 23 January 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 20 May 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 3 June 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Rejected 17 June 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) No text adopted
Decided in plenary
17 June 2025 · decision 9
Foreign affairs, Resolution
Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville
Rejected 282 for · 340 against · 26 abstained by a small majority
What changed
Latest Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report expands significantly, adding many new recitals and paragraphs on debt, climate, tax, and geopolitical issues, and shifting focus to structural reform of the international financial architecture. New calls include a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt, a UN tax convention, and mandatory EITI, while strengthening gender equality and civil society participation. The report now emphasizes that private finance cannot replace public investment, and adds specific funding targets for education and UNRWA. It also responds to the US withdrawal from foreign assistance, positioning the EU as a key actor and calling for increased ODA budgets. The other changes are formal: updated heading and forwarding instruction.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Development
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Charles Goerens (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Niels Geuking (EPP), Marit Maij (S&D), Isabella Lövin (Greens), Isabel Serra Sánchez (The Left), Marc Jongen (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 3 Jun 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on financing for development ahead of the FfD4 in Seville calls for reforming the international financial architecture, addressing debt, boosting ODA, and enhancing tax cooperation.
Committee draft· 12 Feb 2025
AI summary:This draft report sets out Parliament's position ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development. It calls for reforms to debt, the international financial architecture, private finance, tax cooperation, and official development assistance.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
17 June 2025
Plenary vote
11 June 2025
2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
3 June 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
20 May 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
DEVE (Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
6 March – 20 May 2025
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of DEVE (Development) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (DEVE)Amendments in committee (DEVE)
12 February 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in DEVE (Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
23 January 2025
Referred to the DEVE (Development) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2004(INI)