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Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies

2020/2012(INL)·9th term·AFET / CULT / EMPL / ENVI / IMCO / JURI / LIBE / TRAN·INL - Legislative initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Information and communication technologies, digital technologies · Ethical information policy · Electronics, electrotechnical industries, ICT, robotics
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): GARCÍA DEL BLANCO Ibán (S&D)
Summary

Own-initiative legislative report on a framework for the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies. The amendments concentrate on AI in security and defence, debating a Union framework respecting international humanitarian and human rights law, a human-centric approach with humans retaining authority over automated decision-making, and AI's dual-use nature; several call for a ban on autonomous weapons systems while others stress AI's economic opportunities.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    15 Apr 2020 – 24 Jun 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    20 Oct 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Procedure completed
1,489
Amendments
distinct, in window
216
Members
tabled at least one
8
Committee(s)
15 Apr 2020 – 24 Jun 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

11 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 8 earlier votes
    1. 20 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1
      Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      122 for564 against9 abstentions8 did not vote
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    2. 20 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2
      Official label: Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      65 for622 against8 abstentions8 did not vote
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    3. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3
      Official label: Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      545 for94 against55 abstentions9 did not vote
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    4. 20 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 4
      Official label: Am 4 · what was voted ↗
      157 for509 against29 abstentions8 did not vote
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    5. 20 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 5
      Official label: Am 5 · what was voted ↗
      46 for641 against8 abstentions8 did not vote
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    6. 20 Oct 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 6S
      Official label: Am 6S · what was voted ↗
      96 for582 against17 abstentions8 did not vote
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    7. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1 — point n (part 1 of a split vote) — article 4
      Official label: Article 4, § 1, point n/1 · what was voted ↗
      594 for94 against7 abstentions8 did not vote
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    8. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1 — point n (part 2 of a split vote) — article 4
      Official label: Article 4, § 1, point n/2 · what was voted ↗
      605 for55 against35 abstentions8 did not vote
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  2. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
    On article 10 (part 1 of a split vote)
    Official label: Article 10/1 · what was voted ↗
    587 for97 against11 abstentions8 did not vote
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  3. 20 Oct 2020Passedoutcome from totals
    On article 10 (part 2 of a split vote)
    Official label: Article 10/2 · what was voted ↗
    598 for66 against31 abstentions8 did not vote
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  4. 20 Oct 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the resolution (the text as a whole)
    Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
    559 for44 against88 abstentions12 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE650.405 ↗PE650.440 ↗PE650.709 ↗PE652.393 ↗PE652.504 ↗PE652.548 ↗PE652.646 ↗PE653.783 ↗PE653.864 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

216 Members · by amendment count
1🇩🇪
Sergey LAGODINSKY
Greens / EFA · Germany
219(43 solo)
2🇩🇪
Alexandra GEESE
Greens / EFA · Germany
195(19 solo)
3🇩🇪
Axel VOSS
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
152(2 solo)
4🇫🇷
Geoffroy DIDIER
European People's Party (EPP) · France
143
5🇵🇱
Andrzej HALICKI
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
143
6🇳🇱
Liesje SCHREINEMACHER
Renew Europe · Netherlands
143(7 solo)
7🇫🇷
Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ
Renew Europe · France
142(5 solo)
8🇪🇸
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
134
9🇩🇰
Karen MELCHIOR
Renew Europe · Denmark
128(4 solo)
10🇮🇹
Brando BENIFEI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
59(3 solo)
11🇪🇸
Javi LÓPEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
49
12🇦🇹
Andreas SCHIEDER
Socialists & Democrats · Austria
47
13🇸🇮
Milan BRGLEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Slovenia
45
14🇫🇷
Manuel BOMPARD
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
40(40 solo)
15🇷🇴
Tudor CIUHODARU
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
39(5 solo)
16🇩🇪
Marion WALSMANN
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
37(29 solo)
17🇪🇸
Jordi CAÑAS
Renew Europe · Spain
37(4 solo)
18🇩🇪
Evelyne GEBHARDT
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
35
19🇫🇷
Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR
Renew Europe · France
35
20🇷🇴
Daniel BUDA
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
32(32 solo)
21🇪🇪
Sven MIKSER
Socialists & Democrats · Estonia
30
22🇫🇷
Sylvie GUILLAUME
Socialists & Democrats · France
30
23🇧🇬
Petar VITANOV
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
30
24🇪🇸
Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
27(17 solo)
25🇬🇷
Eva KAILI
Socialists & Democrats · Greece
26

The amendments, in full text

1,489 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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