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2025/2195(INL) Legislative initiative First reading

Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth

Parliament asks the Commission to propose a law and says what it should contain.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 13 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 October 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 November 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 5 November 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 13 November 2025
  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
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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0257/2025 13 November 2025 ✦ Parliament proposes amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members to vote by proxy in plenary during pregnancy and after giving birth, for up to three months before the estimated birth date and six months after.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0214/2025 5 November 2025 ✦ Parliament proposes amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members to vote by proxy during pregnancy and after giving birth, for up to three months before the estimated birth and six months after.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFCO) 9 October 2025 ✦ The draft report proposes amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members of the European Parliament to vote by proxy during pregnancy and after giving birth, for up to three months before the estimated birth date and six months after.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: headings are simplified by removing references to draft or motion stages. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The versions differ only in wording: one word is removed from the proxy voting provision. 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

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 13 November 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 13 November 2025 📄 Report A10-0214/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0257/2025
    Adopted Adopted
    How the vote unfolded · 5 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 5 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote Draft proposal for a Council decision
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote on recital C
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Vote on text inserted after recital E
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Vote on text inserted after recital E
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Final vote — text as a whole 10:47 A10-0214/2025 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 10 November – 11 November 2025 5 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–2📄 Amendments 3–4📄 Amendment 5
  4. 5 November 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0214/2025
  5. Committee stage
  6. 4 November 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  7. 17 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFCO)
  8. 9 October 2025 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (AFCO)
  9. 9 October 2025 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.