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Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 17 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 15 June 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 11 December 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
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.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur
MEP #96903 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #28297 ECRMEP #234344 RenewMEP #96750 Verts/ALE

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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0023/2024 17 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution reviews how the Treaty provisions on national parliaments are being implemented and calls for stronger scrutiny of national governments in EU affairs.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0429/2023 11 December 2023 ⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFCO) 25 September 2023 ✦ The draft report assesses how the Treaty of Lisbon provisions on national parliaments have been implemented 14 years on, and proposes improvements to bring them closer to the integration process.

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. 17 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0429/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0023/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 453 Against 85 Abstained 95

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:30 · 72% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 7 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 7 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote on paragraph 10 12:29 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – § 10
    Adopted
    2. Amendment 2 to paragraph 17 12:29 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – § 17 – Am 2
    Rejected
    3. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 17 12:30 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – After § 17 – Am 3
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote on recital T 12:30 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – Recital T
    Adopted
    5. Amendment 1 to recital U 12:30 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – Recital U – Am 1
    Rejected
    6. Separate vote on recital U 12:30 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – Recital U
    Adopted
    7. Final vote — text as a whole 12:30 A9-0429/2023 – Paulo Rangel – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 16 January 2024 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 16 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0429/2023📄 Report A9-0436/2023
  4. 11 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0429/2023
  5. Committee stage
  6. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 25 September 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AFCO)
  8. 15 June 2023 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.