Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2082(INI)
Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia
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 adopted the text on 16 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 8 May 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 4 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 12 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 December 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
16 December 2025 · decision 13
Foreign affairs, Resolution
Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia
Adopted 417 for · 131 against · 108 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text calls for a Strategic Partnership Agreement to give a legally binding framework to ties, covering areas such as energy, trade, security and human rights.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: footnote references are removed and a decimal separator is corrected.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Expands the report with new paragraphs on strategic partnership, energy, visa waiver, and human rights. Adds detailed positions on regional conflicts, including Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Iran, and calls for SPA negotiations. Strengthens language on labour rights, women's rights, and death penalty abolition. Updates forwarding instructions and fixes hyphenation; other changes are formal or wording.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Hana Jalloul Muro (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Antonio López-Istúriz White (EPP), António Tânger Corrêa (Patriots), Adam Bielan (ECR), Bernard Guetta (Renew), Ville Niinistö (Greens), Merja Kyllönen (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on EU-Saudi Arabia relations calls for a strategic partnership agreement, deeper cooperation on energy, trade, security, and human rights, and urges Saudi reforms on labour, women's rights, and the death penalty.
Tabled for plenary· 12 Nov 2025
AI summary:This resolution on EU-Saudi Arabia relations calls for a strategic partnership, deeper cooperation in energy, trade, security, and human rights, and supports negotiations for a Strategic Partnership Agreement.
Committee draft· 27 Jun 2025
AI summary:This draft report on EU-Saudi Arabia relations welcomes the partnership and calls for deeper cooperation in security, trade, energy, and human rights, while supporting Saudi reforms and regional roles.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
16 December 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Report A10-0230/2025Adopted text TA10-0326/2025
15 December 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
10 December 2025
4 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
12 November 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
4 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
10 September 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
27 June 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
8 May 2025
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2082(INI)