Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2117(INI)
Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU-China political relations
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
Plenary vote
Tabled for plenary; the vote is scheduled for 6 October 2026.
- Referred to committee(done) 19 June 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 10 September 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 16 September 2026
- Plenary vote Scheduled 6 October 2026
- Parliament’s position(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Hilde Vautmans (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Nicolás Pascual De La Parte (EPP), Lucia Annunziata (S&D), Hermann Tertsch (Patriots), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR), Ville Niinistö (Greens), Danilo Della Valle (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Committee draft· 22 Oct 2025
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 1 step
16 September 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
10 September 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
22 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
19 June 2025
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2117(INI)