2025/0262(COD)COM(2025)262DEVE

Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 as regards increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee

Stage: In force, reached 4 May 2026
Procedure: OLP · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteurs: David Mcallister (EPP), Charles Goerens (Renew)
Lead DG: DG INTPA
Commissioner: Jozef Síkela
Council configuration: Foreign Affairs Council
Last activity: 4 May 2026
Legal basis: TFEU Art. 209; TFEU Art. 212; TFEU Art. 294

26 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 6 May 2026.

Show the earlier record: 12 dates, 28 May 2025 to 3 Mar 2026

28 May 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
19 Jun 2025
- Referred to committee
5 Sept 2025
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
3 Oct 2025
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
5 Nov 2025
- Committee report adopted
10 Nov 2025
- Tabled for plenary
12 Nov 2025
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
24 Nov 2025
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
26 Jan 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
4 Feb 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
25 Feb 2026
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
3 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary

4 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
5 Mar 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
6 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
10 Mar 2026
- EP position at first reading · Parliament
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
30 Mar 2026
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
29 Apr 2026
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council · Parliament and Council
- Signed
4 May 2026
- Published in the Official Journal
- Voting result REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 as regards increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee - Adoption of the legislative act - 4167th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Agriculture and Fisheries) 30 March 2026, Brussels
6 May 2026
- Publication in the Official Journal · provisional

12 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Co-rapporteur	David Mcallister	EPP	DE	AFET
Co-rapporteur	Charles Goerens	Renew	LU	DEVE
Shadow rapporteur	Dan Barna	Renew	RO
Shadow rapporteur	Erik Marquardt	Greens/EFA	DE
Shadow rapporteur	György Hölvényi	PfE	HU
Shadow rapporteur	Kristoffer Storm	ECR	DK
Shadow rapporteur	Marc Jongen	ESN	DE
Shadow rapporteur	Marit Maij	S&D	NL
Shadow rapporteur	Mimmo Lucano	The Left	IT
Shadow rapporteur	Niels Geuking	EPP	DE
Shadow rapporteur	Sandra Gómez López	S&D	ES
Shadow rapporteur	Tineke Strik	Greens/EFA	NL

10 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Agenda · GEDA/A/(2026)001121Parliament · 24 Nov 2025
Agenda · PE784.373Parliament · 24 Nov 2025
Report · A10-0221/2025Parliament · 5 Nov 2025
Report · PE776.794Parliament · 5 Sept 2025
Proposal · COM(2025)0262Commission · 28 May 2025
Text adopted · OJ L 04.05.2026Commission
Amendments · PE778.120Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2026/0995Commission
Text adopted · SP(2026)04-22Parliament
Text adopted · T10-0059/2026Parliament

Summary

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This amendment to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 increases the efficiency of the External Action Guarantee by optimizing its financial management within the EU budgetary reserve. It strengthens the Union's capacity for sustainable development and international cooperation through more effective multilateral fund deployment.

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