European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 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 10 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 January 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 February 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 March 2026
- ✓ 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
- JURI — Legal Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Jörgen WARBORN PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Lara WOLTERS S&DTon DIEPEVEEN PfEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECRDainius ŽALIMAS RenewKira Marie PETER-HANSEN 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version expands recitals on conferral, values, and better lawmaking, and adds paragraphs on national parliaments' subsidiarity checks and AI in lawmaking. It replaces the 'one in, two out' approach with calls for a more ambitious overarching approach, and adds many new paragraphs on competitiveness, SMEs, and simplification. It adds paragraphs on implementation dialogues, rule of law, impact assessments, and reporting obligations, and renumbers existing paragraphs. The other changes are wording or formal: a phrase shortened and a transition year rephrased. 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
- 10 March 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 493 Against 92 Abstained 44
Final vote on the motion for a resolution at 13:16 · 78% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 9 March 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 10 February 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 28 January 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 12 November 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of JURI (Legal Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 20 October 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 23 January 2025 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.