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2026/2052(INL) Legislative initiative First reading

Amendments to the Decision of the European Parliament of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, regarding proxy voting

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

Where it stands: Tabled for plenary; the vote is scheduled for 12 November 2026.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 21 May 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 October 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 October 2026
  4. 4 Plenary vote Scheduled 12 November 2026
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
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
Lara WOLTERS S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA PPETon DIEPEVEEN PfETobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRLukas SIEPER RenewSergey LAGODINSKY Verts/ALEArash SAEIDI 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

Tabled for plenary · latest Report A10-0270/2026 12 October 2026 ✦ Parliament's draft regulation amends the Statute for Members to let a Member who is pregnant or has given birth have her vote cast by another Member as proxy.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (JURI) 3 August 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Legal Affairs on a draft regulation amending the Statute for Members of the European Parliament as regards proxy voting.

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. 12 October 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0270/2026
  3. Committee stage
  4. 8 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  5. 11 September 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of JURI (Legal Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (JURI)
  6. 3 August 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (JURI)
  7. 21 May 2026 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.