EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic

Procedure 2025/2116(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic”; the committee responsible is AFET (Foreign Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 26 Nov 2025: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 26 Nov 2025 (final vote): adopted with 510 votes in favour, 75 against and 80 abstentions.

Reference

2025/2116(INI)

Type

Own-initiative procedure

Official title

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 the EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic

Status

Concluded in Parliament

Lead

AFET Foreign Affairs

Rapporteur

Urmas Paet (Renew, Estonia)

Shadow rapporteurs

Merja Kyllönen (The Left, Finland), Ville Niinistö (Greens/EFA, Finland), Robert Biedroń (S&D, Poland), Mika Aaltola (EPP, Finland), Cristian Terheş (ECR, Romania), Roberto Vannacci (PfE, Italy)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic (A10-0229/2025), 26 Nov 2025: final vote, main vote: A10-0229/2025 – Urmas Paet – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 510 for, 75 against, 80 abstentions; plus 12 more roll-call votes

Timeline

1. 30 Apr 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
2. 19 Jun 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
3. 10 Jul 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
4. 4 Nov 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 12 Nov 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
6. 25 Nov 2025: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)