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)
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 September 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 7 October 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 May 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 May 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Voted 17 June 2025
- ✓ Adopted by the Council 8 September 2025
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 Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
- Rapporteurs
- Sven SIMON PPEDamian BOESELAGER Verts/ALE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Loránt VINCZE PPEMEP #124747 S&DMarc ANGEL S&DMarieke EHLERS PfEPatryk JAKI ECRSandro GOZI RenewReinier VAN LANSCHOT Verts/ALENikolas FARANTOURIS The LeftLeila CHAIBI The Left
- For opinion
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · rapporteur MEP #127096 S&D· rapporteur Ana Catarina MENDES S&D
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Committee opinions: Opinion (LIBE),Draft opinion (LIBE)
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
- Outcome
- 8 September 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 17 June 2025 Plenary vote
No single decisive ballot recorded
Show all 5 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on Article 12, paragraph 1RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on recital 9RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on recital 20RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdopted - 12 June 2025 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 16 May 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 14 May 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 7 April 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 19 March 2025 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 19 February 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 7 October 2024 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) gives an opinion.
- Plenary stage
- 14 February 2023 Plenary vote
- 13 February 2023 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- Committee stage
- 1 December 2022 Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 27 October 2022 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 25 October 2022 LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 July 2022 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 14 June 2022 Draft opinion from LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 27 January 2022 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) gives an opinion.