Plenary report, 17 July 2025

On the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes

Report A-10-2025-0146 · (07818/2025– C100087/2025 – 2012/0231(NLE))

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: Borys Budka

Voted on Wednesday, 10 September 2025 · Consent given 627 for, 4 against, 33 abstained · See the decision →
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AI:In short

Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes.

Position. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Key points

Parliament consents to the conclusion of the agreement.

Who is affected

The European Union, its Member States, and Switzerland, as parties to the agreement.

Legal basis. Article 189 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Full text

Draft european parliament legislative resolution 10 paragraphs

(07818/2025 – C100087/2025 – 2012/0231(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (07818/2025),

–having regard to draft Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes (10505/2013),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 189 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C10-0087/2025),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4) and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A10-0146/2025),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Swiss Confederation.

Annex: declaration of input 1 paragraph

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

Procedure pages

How the committees handled the text, and how their members voted on it.

Procedure – committee responsible 1 paragraph

Title	EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes
References	07818/2025 – C10-0087/2025 – 2012/0231(NLE)
Date of consultation or request for consent	16.5.2025
Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary	ITRE 16.6.2025
Rapporteurs Date appointed	Borys Budka 25.6.2025
Date adopted	16.7.2025
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	76 0 3
Members present for the final vote	Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Barry Andrews, Wouter Beke, Michael Bloss, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Elena Donazzan, Matthias Ecke, Christian Ehler, Sofie Eriksson, Jan Farský, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Bruno Gonçalves, Nicolás González Casares, Giorgio Gori, Bart Groothuis, Christophe Grudler, András Gyürk, Niels Flemming Hansen, Eero Heinäluoma, Ivars Ijabs, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Seán Kelly, Rudi Kennes, Sarah Knafo, Michał Kobosko, Ondřej Krutílek, Eszter Lakos, Morten Løkkegaard, Yannis Maniatis, Sara Matthieu, Marina Mesure, Letizia Moratti, Jana Nagyová, Angelika Niebler, Ville Niinistö, Aleksandar Nikolic, Mirosława Nykiel, Daniel Obajtek, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Tsvetelina Penkova, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Jüri Ratas, Julie Rechagneux, Aura Salla, Elena Sancho Murillo, Paulius Saudargas, Benedetta Scuderi, Diego Solier, Marcin Sypniewski, Dario Tamburrano, Bruno Tobback, Matej Tonin, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Yoncheva, Anna Zalewska
Substitutes present for the final vote	René Aust, Christophe Bay, Alessandro Ciriani, Per Clausen, Annalisa Corrado, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Michalis Hadjipantela, Martin Hojsík, Michael McNamara, Dario Nardella, Gaetano Pedulla’, Oliver Schenk, Susana Solís Pérez, Raffaele Stancanelli, Francesco Torselli, Dimitris Tsiodras
Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote	Pär Holmgren, Tomáš Kubín, Ilia Lazarov, Marcos Ros Sempere
Date tabled	17.7.2025

Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 paragraphs

76 · For

ECR: Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Ondřej Krutílek, Daniel Obajtek, Diego Solier, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Anna Zalewska
ESN: René Aust, Sarah Knafo, Marcin Sypniewski
No group: Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Elena Yoncheva
EPP: Wouter Beke, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Christian Ehler, Jan Farský, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Michalis Hadjipantela, Niels Flemming Hansen, Seán Kelly, Eszter Lakos, Ilia Lazarov, Letizia Moratti, Angelika Niebler, Mirosława Nykiel, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Jüri Ratas, Aura Salla, Paulius Saudargas, Oliver Schenk, Susana Solís Pérez, Matej Tonin, Dimitris Tsiodras
Patriots: Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, András Gyürk, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Raffaele Stancanelli
Renew: Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Barry Andrews, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Bart Groothuis, Christophe Grudler, Martin Hojsík, Ivars Ijabs, Michał Kobosko, Morten Løkkegaard, Michael McNamara
S&D: Annalisa Corrado, Matthias Ecke, Sofie Eriksson, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Bruno Gonçalves, Nicolás González Casares, Giorgio Gori, Eero Heinäluoma, Yannis Maniatis, Dario Nardella, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Tsvetelina Penkova, Marcos Ros Sempere, Elena Sancho Murillo, Bruno Tobback
The Left: Per Clausen, Rudi Kennes, Marina Mesure, Gaetano Pedulla', Dario Tamburrano
Greens: Michael Bloss, Pär Holmgren, Sara Matthieu, Ville Niinistö, Benedetta Scuderi

0 · Against

3 · Abstained

Patriots: Christophe Bay, Aleksandar Nikolic, Julie Rechagneux