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Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2050(INI)

EU strategy to face the new theories against democracy

· First reading

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

Where it stands

Committee work

In committee: AFET (Foreign Affairs) is preparing the report (draft published 17 November 2025).

  1. Referred to committee(done) 13 March 2025
  2. Committee work AFET (Foreign Affairs) preparing the report
  3. Tabled for plenary(to come)
  4. Plenary vote(to come)
  5. Parliament’s position(to come)

No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.

Who works on it

Lead committee
Foreign Affairs
Bernard Guetta (Renew)
Jorge Martín Frías (Patriots), Alice Teodorescu Måwe (EPP), Robert Biedroń (S&D), Matthieu Valet (Patriots), Arkadiusz Mularczyk (ECR), Mounir Satouri (Greens), Tomasz Froelich (ESN)
Committees giving an opinion

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Committee draft· 17 Nov 2025

    Draft report (AFET)

    AI summary:A draft report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs calls for an EU strategy to defend democracy against new theories that reject it, including the Neo-Reaction school of thought in the United States and Russian regime ideologues.

Committee opinions: Opinion (DEVE), Draft opinion (DEVE)

Timeline

Newest first.

Committee stage 4 steps

  1. 17 March 2026

    DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (DEVE)

  2. 18 December 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (AFET)

  3. 17 November 2025

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (AFET)

  4. 13 March 2025

    Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development) gives an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2050(INI)