Text · Plenary report
On the draft Council decision on the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India
Report A-10-2025-0145 · 08080/2025 – C100095/2025 – 2025/0066(NLE)
- Kind
- Plenary report A-10-2025-0145
- Date
- 16 July 2025
- Committee
- Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
- Rapporteur
- Borys Budka
- Dossier
- 2025/0066(NLE)
More facts (4)
- Voted
- 10 Sept 2025 Consent given 624 for, 9 against, 32 abstained
- Formats
- Official page PDF Word
- Subject matter
- RDT, COOP, EXT
- Reference
- 08080/2025 – C100095/2025 – 2025/0066(NLE)
In short
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Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the EU-India science and technology cooperation agreement for a new five-year period. The renewed agreement is identical in substance to the current one and extends the existing framework without creating new rights or obligations.
Position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the renewal of the agreement.
Key points
- Parliament consents to the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India.
- The renewal extends the existing agreement for a new period of five years.
- The substance of the renewed agreement is identical to the current one and does not create new rights or obligations for the EU.
Who is affected
- The European Union and the Republic of India, as parties to the agreement.
- Researchers and companies in the EU and India benefit from continued collaboration.
Figures and deadlines
Legal basis. Article 186 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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Draft european parliament legislative resolution
–having regard to Council Decision 2002/648/EC of 25 June 2002 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India,
–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 186 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C10-0095/2025),
–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A10-0145/2025),
Back matter, 2
Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.
Explanatory statement 3 blocks
Renewing the EU-India Science and Technology Agreement makes strong strategic sense. It enables continued collaboration in key areas like clean energy, health, AI, and sustainable development, with proven mutual benefits. The current cooperation has already led to major joint projects, strong researcher exchanges, and improves market access for EU companies. The Agreement supports EU interests, strengthens ties under the Trade and Technology Council, and boosts Europe's global competitiveness through joint funding, shared research, and market access to India.
The substance of the renewed Agreement will be identical to that of the current Agreement. It will not create new rights and obligations for the EU, but instead it will extend in time the existing framework between the Parties under the Agreement.
Annex: declaration of input 1 block
The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.
Procedure pages and committee votes
How the committees handled the text and how their members voted on it. Collapsed.
Procedure – committee responsible 1 block
| Title | Renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India | |
| References | 08080/2025 – C10-0095/2025 – 2025/0066(NLE) | |
| Date of consultation or request for consent | 23.5.2025 | |
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | ITRE 19.6.2025 | |
| Rapporteurs Date appointed | Borys Budka 25.6.2025 | |
| Date adopted | 16.7.2025 | |
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 74 2 2 |
| Members present for the final vote | Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Barry Andrews, Wouter Beke, Michael Bloss, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Elena Donazzan, Matthias Ecke, Sofie Eriksson, Jan Farský, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Bruno Gonçalves, Nicolás González Casares, Giorgio Gori, Bart Groothuis, Christophe Grudler, András Gyürk, Niels Flemming Hansen, Eero Heinäluoma, Ivars Ijabs, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Seán Kelly, Rudi Kennes, Sarah Knafo, Michał Kobosko, Ondřej Krutílek, Eszter Lakos, Morten Løkkegaard, Yannis Maniatis, Sara Matthieu, Marina Mesure, Letizia Moratti, Jana Nagyová, Angelika Niebler, Ville Niinistö, Aleksandar Nikolic, Mirosława Nykiel, Daniel Obajtek, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Tsvetelina Penkova, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Jüri Ratas, Julie Rechagneux, Aura Salla, Elena Sancho Murillo, Paulius Saudargas, Benedetta Scuderi, Diego Solier, Marcin Sypniewski, Dario Tamburrano, Bruno Tobback, Matej Tonin, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Yoncheva, Anna Zalewska | |
| Substitutes present for the final vote | René Aust, Christophe Bay, Alessandro Ciriani, Per Clausen, Annalisa Corrado, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Michalis Hadjipantela, Martin Hojsík, Michael McNamara, Dario Nardella, Gaetano Pedulla’, Oliver Schenk, Susana Solís Pérez, Raffaele Stancanelli, Francesco Torselli, Dimitris Tsiodras | |
| Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote | Pär Holmgren, Tomáš Kubín, Ilia Lazarov, Marcos Ros Sempere | |
| Date tabled | 16.7.2025 |
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 blocks
74 · For
- ECR
- Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Ondřej Krutílek, Daniel Obajtek, Diego Solier, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Anna Zalewska
- No group
- Elena Yoncheva
- EPP
- Wouter Beke, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Jan Farský, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Michalis Hadjipantela, Niels Flemming Hansen, Seán Kelly, Eszter Lakos, Ilia Lazarov, Letizia Moratti, Angelika Niebler, Mirosława Nykiel, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Jüri Ratas, Aura Salla, Paulius Saudargas, Oliver Schenk, Susana Solís Pérez, Matej Tonin, Dimitris Tsiodras
- Patriots
- Christophe Bay, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, András Gyürk, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Aleksandar Nikolic, Julie Rechagneux, Raffaele Stancanelli
- Renew
- Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Barry Andrews, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Bart Groothuis, Christophe Grudler, Martin Hojsík, Ivars Ijabs, Michał Kobosko, Morten Løkkegaard, Michael McNamara
- S&D
- Annalisa Corrado, Matthias Ecke, Sofie Eriksson, Niels Fuglsang, Jens Geier, Bruno Gonçalves, Nicolás González Casares, Giorgio Gori, Eero Heinäluoma, Yannis Maniatis, Dario Nardella, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Tsvetelina Penkova, Marcos Ros Sempere, Elena Sancho Murillo, Bruno Tobback
- The Left
- Per Clausen, Rudi Kennes, Marina Mesure, Gaetano Pedulla', Dario Tamburrano
- Greens
- Michael Bloss, Pär Holmgren, Sara Matthieu, Ville Niinistö, Benedetta Scuderi
Connections
The dossier, the decisions on this text and its other versions.
Its dossier
- Dossier Renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India 2025/0066(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure 10 Sept 2025 Consent given
Decisions on this text
- Decision EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement International agreement · report by Borys Budka 10 Sept 2025 Consent given
Sources & citation
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
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European Parliament (2025). “RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India”. Text, 10 September 2025. docId A-10-2025-0145, reference A10-0145/2025, procId 2025-0066. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0145 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2025-0145_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-10-2025-0145 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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