What changed

From · Plenary report · 31 Mar 2025 A-10-2025-0048 on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026

To · Adopted text · 3 Apr 2025 TA-10-2025-0060 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European Parliament

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds a call for a cooling-off period for former Members and strengthens the position on APAs' participation in missions. #1

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Change #1 Substance

Replaces paragraph 40 with two paragraphs: one calls on the Bureau to introduce a cooling-off period for former Members, and another reiterates the call to allow APAs on missions, regretting the Conference of Presidents' decision.

40. Takes note of the Conference of Presidents’ decisions of March 2025 on the Implementing provisions governing the missions outside the three places of work of the European Parliament; recalls that Parliament has consistently voted in the Plenary since 2018 to consider lifting the overall ban on APAs participating in official delegations and missions;

40. Calls on the Bureau to revise the rules and to introduce a cooling-off period for former Members during which they cannot engage in lobbying or representational activities with the Parliament equal to the time during which Members receive a transitional allowance;

41. Recalls that Parliament has consistently voted in Plenary since 2018 to consider lifting the overall ban on APAs participating in official delegations and missions; regrets that the Conference of Presidents’ decisions of March 2025 on the Implementing provisions governing the missions outside the three places of work of the European Parliament did not align with Plenary's call; maintains its position that APAs should be allowed, under certain conditions, to accompany Members on official delegations and missions; calls on its relevant bodies to amend the relevant articles of its internal rules to allow the participation of APAs in official missions and delegations outside Parliament’s three places of work without further delay;