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DRAFT REPORT (2024/2006(REG))

On amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management

AFCO-PR-759748

Committee on Constitutional Affairs · Rapporteur: Gabriele Bischoff

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This is a draft report by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs proposing amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure on training to prevent conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management. It proposes that Members must complete specialised training within six months of their term, and that failure to do so can block election as office-holders, appointment as rapporteur or participation in delegations or negotiations. It also proposes that the Conference of Presidents may end an office-holder's term for serious misconduct or for not completing the training, and that a rapporteur's appointment may be terminated on the same grounds. The amendments would enter into force on 16 July 2024.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament amend its Rules of Procedure to require Members to complete specialised training on preventing conflict and harassment and on good office management, and to attach consequences for non-completion, including loss of office-holder roles, rapporteur appointments and participation in delegations or negotiations.

Key points

  1. Members may not be elected as office-holders, appointed as rapporteur or take part in official delegations or interinstitutional negotiations if they have not signed the declaration confirming commitment to the Code of Conduct, including completing the specialised training.
  2. Members may also be blocked from those roles if they have not completed the training within the deadline and conditions laid down in the Code.
  3. The Conference of Presidents may propose ending the term of the President, Vice-Presidents, Quaestors, committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs, interparliamentary delegation Chairs and Vice-Chairs, or any other elected office-holder for serious misconduct or for not completing the training.
  4. Parliament decides on such a proposal by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of its component Members.
  5. Where a rapporteur has been guilty of serious misconduct or has not completed the training, the committee that appointed them may terminate that office at the initiative of the President and on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents.
  6. The same majorities apply at each stage of that procedure.
  7. For the prohibition of psychological or sexual harassment under Rule 10(6), the President may only adopt a reasoned decision after the occurrence of harassment is established under the applicable internal administrative procedure.
  8. Members must cooperate fully with the Bureau's procedures for managing conflict or harassment, including responding promptly to allegations.
  9. Members who have not already done so must take part in specialised training on preventing conflict and harassment and on good office management.
  10. This training must be completed within the first six months of the Member's term, except in duly substantiated exceptional cases.
  11. Members' certificates of completion will be published on Parliament's website.
  12. Not completing the training in breach of the second subparagraph is considered a serious breach of Rule 10(6) and leads to one or more penalties under Rule 176.

Who is affected

  • Members of the European Parliament: must complete training within six months and may lose roles or face penalties for non-completion.
  • Office-holders such as the President, Vice-Presidents, Quaestors, committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs, and delegation Chairs and Vice-Chairs: may have their term ended for serious misconduct or non-completion of training.
  • Rapporteurs: may have their appointment terminated for serious misconduct or non-completion of training.
  • The Conference of Presidents: may propose ending an office-holder's term or terminating a rapporteur's appointment.
  • Committees that appoint rapporteurs: may terminate the appointment on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents.

Figures and deadlines

  • 16 July 2024: date the amendments enter into force.
  • three-fifths of the votes cast, representing at least three political groups: majority required for the Conference of Presidents to propose ending an office-holder's term.
  • two-thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of component Members: majority required for Parliament to decide on ending an office-holder's term.
  • first six months of the Member's term of office: deadline for completing the specialised training, save in duly substantiated exceptional cases.