Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. Own-initiative report First reading
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
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 29 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 10 July 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 February 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 5 March 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 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
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Anna STROLENBERG Verts/ALE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Lukas MANDL PPEMarco TARQUINIO S&DMarieke EHLERS PfEAssita KANKO ECRLucia YAR RenewPernando BARRENA ARZA The LeftEwa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK 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
Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0146/2026 29 April 2026 ✦ Parliament's resolution on fundamental rights in the EU in 2024 and 2025 condemns democratic backsliding, attacks on media freedom, and violations at borders, and urges the Commission and Member States to uphold EU values, protect civil society, and combat discrimination and gender-based violence.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0042/2026 5 March 2026 ✦ This resolution addresses the state of fundamental rights in the EU in 2024 and 2025, covering democracy, rule of law, media freedom, technology, migration, gender equality, civil society, and discrimination.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 30 September 2025 ✦ This draft report on fundamental rights in the EU in 2024 and 2025 urges the Commission and member states to uphold EU values, combat democratic backsliding, protect media freedom, and address violations at borders, gender-based violence, threats to civil society, and discrimination.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands significantly, adding detailed recitals and operational paragraphs on rule of law, media freedom, technology, migration, gender, and anti-discrimination. It strengthens calls for EU mechanisms, enforcement of fundamental rights, and protection of civil society and journalists. It adds new sections on prisoners, social rights, and environmental impacts, and calls for new EU legislation on hate crime and abortion. The changes are substantive, with no purely formal or wording changes. 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
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a clear majorityFor 328 Against 199 Abstained 98
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:52 · 52% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 125 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 14:32 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 1 – Am 22Rejected2. Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 2 14:33 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 2 – Am 23Rejected3. Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 3 14:33 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 3 – Am 39Rejected4. Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 4 14:33 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 4 – Am 40Rejected5. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 5RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 5 14:33 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 5 – Am 50Rejected7. Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 5 14:33 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 5 – Am 68Rejected8. Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 6 14:33 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 6 – Am 51Rejected9. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 8RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted11. Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 10 14:34 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 10 – Am 52Rejected12. Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 10 14:34 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 10 – Am 61Rejected13. Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 11 14:34 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 11 – Am 25Rejected14. Amendment 62, adding text after paragraph 12 14:34 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 12 – Am 62RejectedRejected16. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 15RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded17. Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 1 14:35 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 15 – Am 16/1Rejected18. Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 2 14:35 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 15 – Am 16/2Rejected19. Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 20 14:35 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 20 – Am 27Rejected20. Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 21 14:35 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 21 – Am 17Rejected21. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded22. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 26 14:36 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 26 – Am 3Adopted23. Separate vote on paragraph 27RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected25. Separate vote on paragraph 31RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded26. Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 31 14:36 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 31 – Am 30Rejected27. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 31RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded28. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 31RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded29. Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 33 14:36 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 33 – Am 20Rejected30. Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 33 14:37 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 33 – Am 53Rejected31. Amendment 63, adding text after paragraph 40 14:37 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 40 – Am 63Rejected32. Amendment 64, adding text after paragraph 40 14:37 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 40 – Am 64Rejected33. Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 40 14:37 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 40 – Am 65RejectedAdoptedAdoptedRejected37. Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 45 14:38 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 45 – Am 54RejectedRejectedAdoptedAdopted41. Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 46 14:38 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 46 – Am 55Rejected42. Amendment 69, adding text after paragraph 49 14:38 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 49 – Am 69RejectedAdoptedRejectedRejectedRejected47. Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 51 14:39 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 51 – Am 66Rejected48. Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 53 14:40 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 53 – Am 43RejectedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedAdopted53. Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 59 14:40 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 59 – Am 56RejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejected58. Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 66 14:41 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 66 – Am 34RejectedAdoptedAdopted61. Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 67 14:42 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 67 – Am 57RejectedRejectedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted67. Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 71 14:43 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 71 – Am 44Rejected68. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 72 14:43 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 72 – Am 5AdoptedAdoptedAdopted71. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 86 14:44 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 86 – Am 6Rejected72. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 87 14:44 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 87 – Am 7Rejected73. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 87 14:44 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 87 – Am 8RejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejected78. Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 105 14:45 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 105 – Am 46Rejected79. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 106RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded80. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 106RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded81. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 106RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded82. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 106RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded83. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 107RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdoptedRejected87. Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 122 14:46 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After § 122 – Am 60RejectedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedRejectedAdopted94. Vote on text inserted after citation 51RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded95. Vote on text inserted after recital GRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded96. Amendment 10, adding text after recital G 14:47 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After recital G – Am 10AdoptedRejected98. Amendment 11, adding text after recital L 14:48 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After recital L – Am 11Rejected99. Vote on text inserted after recital LRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected101. Separate vote on recital ORejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded102. Amendment 47, adding text after recital P 14:48 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After recital P – Am 47RejectedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted121. Separate vote on recital BEAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded122. Amendment 2, adding text after recital BE 14:52 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – After recital BE – Am 2RejectedAdoptedAdopted125. Final vote — text as a whole 14:52 A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 28 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 21 April – 22 April 2026 69 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 5 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 23 February 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 12 November 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 30 September 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 10 July 2025 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.