Procedure

A new EU-Africa Strategy - a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development

2020/2041(INI)·9th term·AFET / AGRI / CULT / DEVE / INTA / LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): ZACHAROPOULOU Chrysoula (Renew)
Summary

This own-initiative report sets out Parliament's position on a new EU-Africa Strategy for sustainable and inclusive development; as an own-initiative report it is not itself law and is not binding. It was handled by the Foreign Affairs, Development, International Trade, Agriculture, Culture and Education, and Civil Liberties committees, in the areas of development cooperation and relations with African countries. The tabled amendments address youth integration into the labour market and migration, cultural and educational exchange, trade ties and Economic Partnership Agreements, African debt relief, China's growing economic presence, and due diligence obligations for EU companies. It shares subjects such as relations with African countries with related files including 'The future of EU-Africa trade relations'.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    2 Jun 2020 – 24 Jul 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    25 Mar 2021 · On the motion for a resolution
  3. Procedure completed
1,117
Amendments
distinct, in window
99
Members
tabled at least one
6
Committee(s)
2 Jun 2020 – 24 Jul 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

2 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. 25 Mar 2021Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 1
    Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
    101 for579 against8 abstentions17 did not vote
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  2. 25 Mar 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution
    Official label: Proposition de résolution · what was voted ↗
    460 for64 against163 abstentions18 did not vote
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    Against
    Abst.

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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

99 Members · by amendment count

The amendments, in full text

1,117 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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