Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
TA-10-2025-0120 · P10_TA(2025)0120 · PE767.903
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- Full procedure 2021/0372
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Parliament approves the Council draft on electoral rights of mobile Union citizens, as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services.¶ It regrets that the Council did not engage with Parliament's opinion and calls for constructive cooperation and notification if the Council departs from the approved text.¶¶ It asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend its draft substantially.¶
Key points
- Approves the Council draft as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.¶
- Regrets that the Council has not engaged with the substance of Parliament's opinion and points to a wider trend of refusing to cooperate constructively in special legislative procedures.¶
- Calls on the Council and the European Council to collaborate constructively in finding policy solutions in the interest of European citizens.
- Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament.¶
- Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend its draft substantially.¶
Legal basis: Article 22(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶