Plenary report, 12 May 2026
On the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Canada laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument
Report A-10-2026-0144 · (16853/2025 – C100059/2026 – 2025/0413(NLE))
Committee on Security and Defence Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: MarieAgnes StrackZimmermann, Borys Budka
- Voted on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 · Consent given 466 for, 169 against, 14 abstained · See the decision →
- Where the law stands · dossier 2025/0413 →
AI:In short
Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Canada setting conditions for Canadian entities and products to participate in procurement under the SAFE Instrument.
Position. The committees recommend that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
Key points
- Parliament consents to the Council decision concluding the agreement with Canada on participation in SAFE Instrument procurement.
Who is affected
- Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada seeking to participate in procurement under the SAFE Instrument.
Legal basis. Articles 212 and 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 11 paragraphs
(16853/2025 – C100059/2026 – 2025/0413(NLE))
(Consent)
The European Parliament,
–having regard to the draft Council decision (16853/2025),
–having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and Canada laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument (15810/2025),
–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles 212 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C100059/2026),
–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4) and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,
–having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Security and Defence and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy under Rule 59 of the Rules of Procedure,
–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Security and Defence and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A10-0144/2026),
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 Canada.
Annex: declaration of input 1 paragraph
The rapporteurs declare under their exclusive responsibility that they did not include in their 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 | Agreement between the European Union and Canada laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument | |
| References | 16853/2025 – C10-0059/2026 – 2025/0413(NLE) | |
| Date of consultation or request for consent | 18.2.2026 | |
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | SEDE 12.3.2026 | ITRE 12.3.2026 |
| Committees asked for opinions Date announced in plenary | BUDG 12.3.2026 | |
| Not delivering opinions Date of decision | BUDG 28.1.2026 | |
| Rapporteurs Date appointed | Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann 18.3.2026 | Borys Budka 18.3.2026 |
| Date adopted | 6.5.2026 | |
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 78 11 5 |
| Date tabled | 12.5.2026 |
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 paragraphs
78 · For
- ECR
- Elena Donazzan, Ondřej Krutílek, Reinis Pozņaks, Diego Solier, Cristian Terheş, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Alexandr Vondra
- EPP
- Mika Aaltola, Georgios Aftias, Wouter Beke, Borys Budka, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Salvatore De Meo, Christian Ehler, Jan Farský, Michalis Hadjipantela, Niels Flemming Hansen, Niclas Herbst, Radan Kanev, Seán Kelly, Stefan Köhler, Ondřej Kolář, Eszter Lakos, Reinhold Lopatka, Andrey Novakov, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Emil Radev, Jüri Ratas, Aura Salla, Paulius Saudargas, Oliver Schenk, Michał Szczerba, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Riho Terras, Matej Tonin, Inese Vaidere, Andrea Wechsler, Angelika Winzig
- Patriots
- András Gyürk
- Renew
- Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Sigrid Friis, Bart Groothuis, Christophe Grudler, Elisabetta Gualmini, Nathalie Loiseau, Morten Løkkegaard, Marjan Šarec, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Yvan Verougstraete, Lucia Yar
- S&D
- Mohammed Chahim, Annalisa Corrado, Vasile Dîncu, Matthias Ecke, Niels Fuglsang, Lina Gálvez, Bruno Gonçalves, Giorgio Gori, Eero Heinäluoma, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser, Dan Nica, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Tsvetelina Penkova, Emma Rafowicz, Bruno Tobback, Mihai Tudose, Nicola Zingaretti
- The Left
- Jussi Saramo
- Greens
- Katrin Langensiepen, Isabella Lövin, Hannah Neumann, Ville Niinistö, Benedetta Scuderi, Mārtiņš Staķis
11 · Against
- ECR
- Anna Zalewska
- ESN
- Markus Buchheit, Marc Jongen, Marcin Sypniewski
- No group
- Kostas Papadakis
- Patriots
- Majbritt Birkholm, Angéline Furet
- The Left
- Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes, Marina Mesure, Dario Tamburrano
5 · Abstained
- ECR
- Claudiu-Richard Târziu
- EPP
- Christophe Gomart
- Patriots
- Rachel Blom, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová