Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on proxy voting during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth
A change to Parliament’s own rules.
Where it stands: Tabled for plenary; the vote is scheduled for 25 November 2026.
- ✓ Referred to committee 14 September 2026
- 2 Committee work AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) preparing the report
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote Scheduled 25 November 2026
- 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
- AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Loránt VINCZE PPEMarieke EHLERS PfETobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRSandro GOZI RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALECarolina MORACE The LeftChristine ANDERSON 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
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
- Committee stage
- 13 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 15 September 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 14 September 2026 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.