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Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 April 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 June 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 11 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 December 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 4 March 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 23 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 30 April 2024
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. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteurs
Markus FERBER PPEMEP #197638 S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197787 IDJohan VAN OVERTVELDT ECRBilly KELLEHER RenewMEP #96648 Verts/ALEMEP #88715 The Left

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

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 30 April 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 29 April 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. Adopted Adopted by a clear majority
    For 367 Against 161 Abstained 69

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:00 · 61% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 2 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 2 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 2 14:00 A9-0439/2023 – Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques – Rejection – Am 2
    Rejected
    2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 14:00 A9-0439/2023 – Markus Ferber, Margarida Marques – Provisional agreement – Am 3
    Adopted
  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 4 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  8. 17 January 2024 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 431 Against 172 Abstained 4

    Decision to open negotiations with the Council at 12:18 · 71% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  11. 15 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

  12. Committee stage
  13. 11 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  14. 25 October 2023 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

  15. 12 October 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

  16. 21 September 2023 Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

  17. 12 June 2023 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.