Amendments tabled by the Greens/EFA group to the European Parliament's interim report on the EU-Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement would significantly harden the text's stance, criticising the deal as insufficiently progressive on climate and labour enforcement. The three amendments, proposed by MEPs Anna Cavazzini and Diana Riba i Giner on behalf of the Greens/EFA group, target the investment protection chapter, the enforceability of the Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapter, and the status of the Paris Agreement. The amendments are proposed changes to the report by rapporteurs Javi López and Borja Giménez Larraz (A10-0182/2026) and are still to be examined and voted in committee and plenary.
Amendment 1 reframes the report's assessment of the new Investment Court System. The original text's positive acknowledgment is replaced with a conditional and critical assessment, asserting that the system "still protects fossil fuel investments" and contains commitments beyond non-discrimination, which risks regulatory chill. This shifts the investment chapter from a procedural improvement to a substantive risk for climate action. Amendment 3 introduces the most significant structural change: the original text merely "notes" that a review of the TSD provisions will be initiated, but the Greens replace this with an expression of "regret" that the TSD chapter is not subject to the general state-to-state dispute settlement mechanism, rendering its environmental and labour provisions unenforceable. The same amendment also expresses "further regret" that the Paris Agreement is not already an essential element of the modernised agreement, implying the current deal is fundamentally inadequate on climate grounds. Amendment 2 makes a minor grammatical clarification, adding the definite article before "International Labour Organization's core labour standards."
The amendments reflect the Greens/EFA group's critical position that the modernised agreement, while procedurally improved, still contains substantive flaws. They argue that investment protection covering fossil fuels and commitments beyond non-discrimination risk regulatory chill, and that the non-enforceability of the TSD chapter and the failure to designate the Paris Agreement as an essential element undermine the deal's progressive credentials. The amendments will be considered by the committee responsible before a plenary vote, where the Parliament will adopt its position for negotiations with the Council. The Council has yet to adopt its negotiating mandate, and trilogues would follow once both institutions have agreed their positions.