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Changes from plenary report to adopted text
A-10-2025-0230 → TA-10-2025-0326
- From
- A-10-2025-0230 Plenary report of 12 Nov 2025
- To
- TA-10-2025-0326 Adopted text of 16 Dec 2025
- Changes
- 4 changes to the text
- Paragraphs
- +4 added · −9 removed · 6 changed
More facts (3)
- Dossier
- 2025/2082(INI)
- Title (from)
- on relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia
- Title (to)
- Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia
AI: What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Changes that matter, 4
Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.
Change 1
Changed6. Reaffirms that the EU remains committed to advancing a safe, mutually beneficial, visa-free travel arrangement with the five remaining GCC countries, so as to ensure equal treatment of them, which could be assessed in the context of the new EU visa strategy; notes the significant economic importance of Saudi Arabian tourists for the EU Member States, particularly in supporting key sectors such as hospitality, retail and cultural industries; underlines that Saudi citizens do not present a source of irregular migration pressure4,pressure, and therefore invites the Commission and the Member States to consider the introduction of a Schengen visa waiver once the cascade is granted to facilitate tourism, enhance people-to-people exchanges, and further strengthen economic and cultural ties between the EU and Saudi Arabia;
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Removes a footnote reference after "pressure" and adjusts punctuation.
Change 2
Changed12. Acknowledges Saudi Arabia’s efforts to encourage de-escalation in relation to Israel’s military operations in Gaza; recalls its position expressed in its resolution of 11 September 2025 on Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution5,solution, and welcomes the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the two-state solution of 29 July 2025, and its endorsement by the UN General Assembly on 12 September 2025;
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Removes a footnote reference after "solution" and adjusts punctuation.
Change 3
Changed29. Recognises that Saudi Arabia has made progress in tackling its high youth unemployment rate, lowering it from 35.0135,01 % in 2006 to 16 % in 2023; recommends that Saudi Arabia continue to prioritise this issue;
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Changes decimal separator in percentage from period to comma.
Change 4
Changed31. Highlights the significant progress Saudi Arabia has made regarding women’s participation in the workforce, which has risen to 36 %, and the fact that women have been granted the right to drive and to travel without male guardianship; underlines that female labour-force participation in Saudi Arabia has more than doubled since 2017; notes that Saudi Arabian women now own 45 % of small and medium-sized enterprises and 17 % of all enterprises; considers that these developments reflect the impact of legal reforms introduced since 2018, including the lifting of the driving ban6,ban, the adoption of an anti-harassment law, and new personal status regulations raising the minimum marriage age to 18 and strengthening women’s autonomy; highlights these achievements and encourages the continuation of reforms aimed at further advancing women’s rights and participation in public life, with women currently accounting for 41 % of the civil service – including senior diplomatic posts – 20 % of the membership of the Shura Council and the first Arab Muslim woman to travel to space; notes that, in spite of the progress, challenges remain, including regarding the Personal Status Law and inequality between men and women in marriage, divorce, child custody, inheritance and property rights;
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Removes a footnote reference after "ban" and adjusts punctuation.
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European Parliament (2025). “Changes between A-10-2025-0230 and TA-10-2025-0326”. Text, 16 December 2025. from A-10-2025-0230, to TA-10-2025-0326, reference 2025/2082(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0230/compare/TA-10-2025-0326 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-2025-12-16,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between A-10-2025-0230 and TA-10-2025-0326}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-16},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0230/compare/TA-10-2025-0326}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0230/compare/TA-10-2025-0326},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from A-10-2025-0230, to TA-10-2025-0326, reference 2025/2082(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}