Stock-taking of the European elections 2024
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 11 September 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 16 July 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 29 August 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 11 September 2025
- ✓ 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
- Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Borja GIMÉNEZ LARRAZ PPEKlára DOBREV S&DMarieke EHLERS PfEPatryk JAKI ECRDaniel FREUND Verts/ALEAnthony SMITH 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are standardized and punctuation corrected. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report adds new paragraphs on Hungary's elections, electoral reforms, and the lead candidate process, and expands paragraphs on minorities and young people. It drops paragraphs on foreign interference, media freedom, and political violence, replacing them with new ones on local involvement and the Democracy Shield committee. Recitals are restructured, adding new ones on simultaneous elections, turnout, and representation, while dropping others on disinformation and political advertising. Several paragraphs are rephrased for clarity, and the explanatory statement is updated to past tense. The other changes are formal: corrections to terminology and references. see the changes →
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
- Plenary stage
- 11 September 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 388 Against 186 Abstained 34
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:23 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 1 13:22 A10-0156/2025 - Ľubica Karvašová - Proposition de résolution de remplacement - Am 1Rejected2. Final vote — text as a whole 13:23 A10-0156/2025 - Ľubica Karvašová - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)Adopted - 3 September 2025 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 29 August 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 16 July 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 3 June 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 7 May 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 23 January 2025 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.