2026/2034(INI)AFET

Strategic political relations with Australia – potential for deeper ties in the face of a volatile international order

Stage: Committee stage, reached 19 Jun 2026
Procedure: Own-initiative report
Rapporteur: Željana Zovko (EPP)
Last activity: 16 Sept 2026

4 entries · record as of 12 Oct 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Committee amendments tabled, 16 Sept 2026. Next: Indicative plenary sitting date, 14 Dec 2026 (provisional).

30 Apr 2026
- Referred to committee
19 Jun 2026
- Committee report tabled
16 Sept 2026
- Committee amendments tabled

14 Dec 2026Scheduled
- Indicative plenary sitting date · provisional

8 people

Who is on it

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

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Željana Zovko	EPP	HR	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Adam Bielan	ECR	PL	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Jonas Sjöstedt	The Left	SE	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Mieke Andriese	PfE	NL	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Stanislav Stoyanov	ESN	BG	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Thomas Waitz	Greens/EFA	AT	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Tobias Cremer	S&D	DE	AFET
Shadow rapporteur	Urmas Paet	Renew	EE	AFET

290 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 16 Sept 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

AFET290

By author

Željana Zovko43
Dan Barna33
Petras Auštrevičius33
Malik Azmani32
Lucia Yar30
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN29
Jordan Bardella24
Julie Rechagneux24
Pierre-Romain Thionnet24
Sebastian Tynkkynen24

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Petar Volgin23
Alexander Sell22
Engin Eroglu22
Stanislav Stoyanov22
Geadis Geadi21
Tomasz Froelich20
Emmanouil Fragkos15
Galato Alexandraki15
Marta Temido15
Mieke Andriese15
Tobias Cremer15
Francisco José Millán Mon14
Thomas Waitz · Greens/EFA13
Cristian Terheş11
Ilhan Kyuchyuk11
Urmas Paet11
Michał Dworczyk10
Piotr Müller10
Rihards Kols10
Adam Bielan · ECR7

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory.

By article

Paragraph 1311
Paragraph 1411
Paragraph 1911
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 98
Recital F8
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 127
Paragraph 177
Paragraph 247

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Paragraph 87
Paragraph 106
Paragraph 10 a (new)6
Paragraph 14 b (new)6
Paragraph 16 a (new)6
Paragraph 226
Paragraph 236
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 165
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 2 a (new)5
Paragraph 255
Paragraph 315
Paragraph 55
Recital A5
Paragraph 214
Paragraph 44
Recital C4
Recital D4

Covers 191 of the 290 amendments.

2 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · PE789.129Parliament · 14 Jul 2026
Amendments · PE792.149Parliament

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European Parliament committee work on strategic political relations with Australia, examining potential for deeper ties amid a volatile international order. Rapporteur Željana Zovko leads the file, currently at committee stage. No legislative text or application date is available yet.

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