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2020/2220(INL) Legislative initiative First reading

Proposal for a Council Regulation on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that decision

Parliament asks the Commission to propose a law and says what it should contain.

Where it stands: Parliament voted on 3 May 2022.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 26 November 2020
  2. ✓ Committee work
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 3 May 2022
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0129/2022 3 May 2022 ✦ Parliament's legislative resolution of 3 May 2022 proposes a Council Regulation on electing Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, replacing the 1976 Electoral Act.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0083/2022 4 April 2022 ✦ The Committee on Constitutional Affairs proposes a Council Regulation on electing Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, replacing the 1976 Electoral Act.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 3 May 2022 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 3 May 2022 📄 Report A9-0083/2022
  3. 2 May 2022 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 2 May 2022 📄 Report A9-0083/2022
  4. Committee stage
  5. 26 November 2020 Referred to committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.