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European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2025 and 2026

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: In committee: JURI (Legal Affairs) is preparing the report (draft published 24 September 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 July 2026
  2. 2 Committee work JURI (Legal Affairs) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  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
Jörgen WARBORN PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Tiemo WÖLKEN S&DPascale PIERA PfETobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRDainius ŽALIMAS RenewKira Marie PETER-HANSEN 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

Committee draft · latest Draft report (JURI) 24 September 2026 ✦ A draft report on EU regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality covering 2025 and 2026. It reaffirms subsidiarity and proportionality, backs 'simplicity by design' and a regulatory deep cleaning, and calls for stronger impact assessments, less gold-plating and a shift to 'one in, two out'.

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. Committee stage
  2. 20 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (JURI)
  3. 24 September 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (JURI)
  4. 9 July 2026 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.