What changed

P9_TA(2023)0037

P10_TA(2025)0120

Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

PE704.775

PE767.903

European Parliament legislative resolution of 1417 FebruaryJune 20232025 on the proposal for adraft Council directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast) (COM(2021)0732(09789/2024 – C9-0021/2022 –C100001/2024– 2021/0372(CNS))

(Special legislative procedure – renewed consultation – recast)

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Council draft (09789/2024),

– having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2021)0732),

having regard to Article 22(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C9-0021/2022),

– having regard to its position of 14 February 2023,

– having regard to Article 22(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament again (C100001/2024),

– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts,

– having regard to the letter of 8 November 2022 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in accordance with Rule 110(3)113(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rules 110113, 84 and 8286 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the opinionletter offrom the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0297/2022),(A100090/2025),

A. whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;

1. Approves the CommissionCouncil proposaldraft as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and as amended below;Commission;

2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, in accordance with Article 293(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

2. Deeply regrets that the Council, while formally in compliance with Article 22(2) TFEU, has not engaged with the substance of Parliament’s opinion in any meaningful way; points out that this practice is indicative of a wider trend in recent years, for the Council and the European Council to refuse to cooperate constructively and in good faith in a number of pending special legislative procedures; recalls the recommendations contained in its report of 13 December 2023, and reiterates its calls on the Council and on the European Council to collaborate constructively in finding policy solutions that work in the interest of European citizens;

3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4. Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commissionits proposaldraft substantially;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Amendment 1

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Amendment 2

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Recital 2 a (new)

Amendment 3

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Amendment 4

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Amendment 5

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Amendment 6

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Recital 6 a (new)

Amendment 7

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Recital 7

Amendment 8

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Recital 8

Amendment 9

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Recital 9

Amendment 10

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Recital 11

Amendment 11

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Recital 11 a (new)

Amendment 12

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Recital 12

Amendment 13

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Recital 13

Amendment 14

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Amendment 15

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Amendment 16

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Amendment 17

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Recital 20 a (new)

Amendment 18

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Recital 21

Amendment 19

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Recital 22

Amendment 20

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Recital 23

Amendment 21

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Amendment 22

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Amendment 23

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Recital 27

Amendment 24

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Recital 28

Amendment 25

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Recital 29

Amendment 26

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Recital 29 a (new)

Amendment 27

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Recital 29 b (new)

Amendment 28

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Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

Amendment 29

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Article 4 – paragraph 1

Amendment 30

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Article 6 – paragraph 1

Amendment 31

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Article 6 – paragraph 5

Amendment 32

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Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Amendment 33

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Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)

Amendment 34

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Article 9 – paragraph 1

Amendment 35

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Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)

Amendment 36

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Article 9 – paragraph 4

Amendment 37

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Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Amendment 38

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Article 11 – paragraph 1

Amendment 39

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Article 11 – paragraph 3

Amendment 40

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Article 11 – paragraph 4

Amendment 41

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Article 12 – paragraph 1

Amendment 42

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Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

Amendment 43

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Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Amendment 44

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Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Amendment 45

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Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Amendment 46

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Article 12 – paragraph 4

Amendment 47

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Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)

Amendment 48

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Article 13 – paragraph 1

Amendment 49

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Article 14 – paragraph 1

Amendment 50

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Article 15 – paragraph 1

Amendment 51

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Article 16

Amendment 52

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Article 16 a (new)

Amendment 53

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Article 17 – title

Amendment 54

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Article 17 – paragraph 1

Amendment 55

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Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Amendment 56

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Article 18 – paragraph 1

Amendment 57

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Article 20 – paragraph 3

Amendment 58

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Article 20 – paragraph 6

Amendment 59

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Annex I – row 4 a (new)

Amendment 60

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Annex II – paragraph 4