Parliament’s right of initiative
Own-initiative report on Parliament's right of initiative. The amendments debate the Commission's near-exclusive right of legislative initiative versus an enhanced direct right of initiative for the directly elected Parliament, the Commission's obligations under Article 225 TFEU, follow-up to legislative-initiative (INL) reports and citizens' initiatives, interinstitutional agreements on better law-making, impact assessments, and possible Treaty revision.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled8 Jan 2021 – 13 Sep 2021
- Plenary vote — Passed9 Jun 2022 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
- Procedure completed
Plenary votes
2 roll-call votesIn 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 →
- 9 Jun 2022Failedoutcome from totalsOn amendment 2 · paragraph 20Official label: § 20 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗113 for250 against214 abstentions128 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 9 Jun 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totalsOn the motion for a resolution · the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗420 for117 against35 abstentions133 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only
Official amendment documents
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50 Members · by amendment count
The amendments, in full text
191 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.