Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2168(INI)
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty
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Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 11 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 11 September 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 25 February 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 27 February 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 11 March 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
11 March 2026 · decision 10
Foreign affairs, Resolution
Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty
Adopted 482 for · 108 against · 42 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text urges the Council, Commission and the EU's foreign policy chief to implement summit outcomes and deepen ties in trade, security, climate and other areas.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: a decimal separator is corrected.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report greatly expands the scope of EU-Canada cooperation, adding many new areas such as defence, Arctic security, digital trade, and democratic resilience. It strengthens language on countering Russia, China, and other threats, and on supporting Ukraine and the rules-based order. It adds specific calls for action on CETA implementation, including ratification and enforcement, and on indigenous peoples' rights. It introduces new topics like AI, cybersecurity, and the Green Alliance, and expands cooperation to include municipal authorities. The other changes are substantive expansions and rephrasing across many paragraphs, with no purely formal or wording-only changes.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Tobias Cremer (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Sebastião Bugalho (EPP), António Tânger Corrêa (Patriots), Reinis Pozņaks (ECR), Dan Barna (Renew), Ville Niinistö (Greens), Marc Botenga (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- International Trade· rapporteurJavier Moreno Sánchez (S&D)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 11 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament recommends that the Council, Commission and High Representative deepen EU-Canada cooperation across foreign policy, security, trade, Arctic governance and multilateralism, responding to geopolitical threats and Canada's economic stability and sovereignty.
Tabled for plenary· 27 Feb 2026
AI summary:This is a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative on enhancing EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context. It recommends concrete actions across trade, security, Arctic cooperation, multilateralism, and more.
Committee draft· 16 Oct 2025
AI summary:This draft report recommends that the Council, the Commission and the High Representative enhance EU-Canada cooperation in response to geopolitical challenges, including threats to Canada's economic stability and sovereignty.
Committee opinions: Opinion (INTA), Draft opinion (INTA)
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
11 March 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 11 Mar 2026 Report A10-0035/2026Adopted text TA10-0078/2026
10 March 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
3 March 2026
3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
27 February 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
25 February 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
27 January 2026
INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
12 November 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
16 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
11 September 2025
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; INTA (International Trade) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2168(INI)