Amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976
Parliament can only approve or reject the text as a whole; no amendments are possible.
Where it stands: Parliament gave its consent on 29 April 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- ✓ Referred to committee 27 April 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 27 April 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 27 April 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
- 5 Published as law
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
- Rapporteur
- Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Ana Miguel PEDRO PPEMarieke EHLERS PfETobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRSandro GOZI RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALENikolas FARANTOURIS The LeftStanisław TYSZKA ESN
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
Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 616 Against 24 Abstained 8
Final vote on the draft Council decision at 13:14 · 95% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- Committee stage
- 27 April 2026 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
- 27 April 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- Plenary stage
- 27 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 25 March 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.