Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2134(INI)
Competition policy – annual report 2025
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 7 July 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 10 July 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 12 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 7 July 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
7 July 2026 · decision 12
Economy & single market, Resolution
Competition policy – annual report 2025
Adopted 501 for · 61 against · 95 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The report calls for adapting competition rules to new market realities, including digital markets and artificial intelligence, and for stronger enforcement.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Updates the description of the Commission's cloud services investigations, specifying the publication date of its preliminary position and noting an ongoing investigation. The other changes are formal: footnote markers are removed from references to various acts and regulations.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report adds extensive new content on SMEs, energy, AI, and defence, and removes calls for an independent competition authority and specific DMA enforcement actions. It introduces calls for a new competition tool, binding time limits, and studies on fines and oligopolies, while expanding merger and State aid sections. It strengthens Parliament's oversight role and adds calls for an interinstitutional agreement and international cooperation. The explanatory statement is updated to reflect these changes, including on DMA financing and merger control. The other changes are formal: renumbering and updated references.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Marco Falcone (EPP), Adnan Dibrani (S&D), Pierre Pimpie (Patriots), Marco Squarta (ECR), Rasmus Andresen (Greens), Jussi Saramo (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 7 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the 2025 competition policy annual report calls for stronger, more independent enforcement, a new competition tool, and full application of the Digital Markets Act, while addressing digital, merger, and State aid challenges.
Tabled for plenary· 12 Jun 2026
AI summary:This resolution on competition policy sets out Parliament's views on the annual report, covering strategic autonomy, enforcement, digital markets, antitrust, mergers, state aid, and institutional oversight.
Committee draft· 23 Feb 2026
AI summary:This draft report on the EU competition policy annual report 2025 calls for a forward-looking competition policy that supports EU strategic autonomy, innovation, and competitiveness while resisting external influence, particularly from the United States.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
7 July 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 7 Jul 2026 Report A10-0171/2026Adopted text TA10-0247/2026
1 July 2026
12 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
12 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
3 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
25 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
23 February 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
10 July 2025
Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2134(INI)