Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty

2025/2168(INI) · Own-initiative procedure

Procedure 2025/2168(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty”; the committee responsible is AFET (Foreign Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 11 Mar 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 11 Mar 2026 (final vote): adopted with 482 votes in favour, 108 against and 42 abstentions.

Reference: 2025/2168(INI)
Type: Own-initiative procedure
Official title: 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
Status: Concluded in Parliament
Lead: AFET Foreign Affairs
Opinion: INTA International Trade (opinion: Javier Moreno Sánchez (S&D, Spain))
Rapporteur: Tobias Cremer (S&D, Germany)
Shadow rapporteurs: Marc Botenga (The Left, Belgium), Ville Niinistö (Greens/EFA, Finland), Dan Barna (Renew, Romania), Sebastião Bugalho (EPP, Portugal), Reinis Pozņaks (ECR, Latvia), António Tânger Corrêa (PfE, Portugal)
Opinions: 7 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty (A10-0035/2026), 11 Mar 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0035/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Draft recommendation (as a whole), adopted, 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstentions; plus 2 more roll-call votes

Timeline

9 Apr 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
11 Sep 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
16 Oct 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
27 Jan 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
25 Feb 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
27 Feb 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
10 Mar 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

All procedures

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