Dossier · Non-legislative procedure
Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation
- Reference
- 2025/0162(NLE) Non-legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Tabled for plenary on 16 September 2026; awaiting the vote.
- Stage
- Plenary vote
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs AFET
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 25 March 2026
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 10 September 2026
- Tabled for plenary (done) 16 September 2026
- Plenary vote (current step) Awaiting the vote
- Adopted by the Council (to come)
A decision the Council takes on its own. Depending on the Treaty article, Parliament either gives its consent — accepting or rejecting the text without amending it — or is consulted and gives an opinion.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs AFET
- Rapporteur
- Christophe GRUDLER (Renew)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Reinhold LOPATKA (EPP), Andreas SCHIEDER (S&D), Harald VILIMSKY (Patriots), Carlo FIDANZA (ECR), Vladimir PREBILIČ (Greens), Merja KYLLÖNEN (The Left)
- Opinion: CULT
- Culture and Education
- Opinion: JURI
- Legal Affairs
- Opinion: IMCO
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Andreas SCHWAB (EPP)
- Opinion: ITRE
- Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Anna STÜRGKH (Renew)
- Opinion: EMPL
- Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Li ANDERSSON (The Left)
- Opinion: REGI
- Regional Development
- Opinion: INTA
- International Trade · rapporteur Željana ZOVKO (EPP)
- Opinion: SANT
- Public Health · rapporteur Adam JARUBAS (EPP)
- Opinion: TRAN
- Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI (EPP)
- Opinion: ECON
- Economic and Monetary Affairs · rapporteur Markus FERBER (EPP)
- Opinion: LIBE
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · rapporteur Lukas MANDL (EPP)
- Opinion: ENVI
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Opinion: AGRI
- Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (ECR)
Decisions in plenary, 0
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.
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Versions, 1
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Committee draft11 Mar 2026
Draft report (AFET) AFET-PR-782339
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Draft report (AFET): The draft report asks Parliament to give its consent to a broad package of agreements with the Swiss Confederation.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (INTA), Opinion (SANT), Opinion (INTA), Draft opinion (SANT)
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier — fewer than two versions of its text are linked in the open data.
Timeline, 9
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Plenary stage 1 step · 16 Sept 2026
16 September 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 8 steps · 11 Mar 2026–10 Sept 2026
10 September 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
15 July 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
3 June 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 May 2026
INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 May 2026
SANT (Public Health) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
8 April 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
25 March 2026
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; CULT (Culture and Education), JURI (Legal Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), REGI (Regional Development), INTA (International Trade), SANT (Public Health), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) give an opinion.
11 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation”. Dossier. reference 2025/0162(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0162 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2025/0162(NLE), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0162(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0162,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0162}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0162},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2025/0162(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0162(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}