Procedure

Strengthening transparency and integrity in the EU institutions by setting up an independent EU ethics body

2020/2133(INI)·9th term·AFCO / CONT / ECON / JURI / PETI·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): FREUND Daniel (Verts/ALE)
Summary

Own-initiative report on strengthening transparency and integrity in the EU institutions by setting up an independent EU ethics body. The amendments address post-public employment and 'revolving door' conflicts of interest across EU institutions and agencies, citing cases involving the EBA and former Commissioners and MEPs, and call for stronger pre- and post-employment rules, cooling-off periods, party ethics codes, and a single independent ethics body.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    7 Oct 2020 – 16 Feb 2021
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    16 Sep 2021 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  3. Procedure completed
478
Amendments
distinct, in window
70
Members
tabled at least one
5
Committee(s)
7 Oct 2020 – 16 Feb 2021
Dates

Plenary votes

5 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 2 earlier votes
    1. 16 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2 — paragraph 10
      Official label: § 10 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      212 for451 against29 abstentions13 did not vote
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    2. 16 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3 — paragraph 21
      Official label: § 21 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      311 for376 against5 abstentions13 did not vote
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  2. 16 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 4 — paragraph 24
    Official label: § 24 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
    292 for368 against32 abstentions13 did not vote
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  3. 16 Sep 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 1 — paragraph 34
    Official label: § 34 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
    263 for239 against190 abstentions13 did not vote
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  4. 16 Sep 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
    Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
    377 for87 against224 abstentions17 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

70 Members · by amendment count
1🇩🇪
Sven SIMON
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
64(2 solo)
2🇩🇪
Rainer WIELAND
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
63
3🇸🇰
Vladimír BILČÍK
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
63
4🇷🇴
Loránt VINCZE
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
63
5🇫🇷
Brice HORTEFEUX
European People's Party (EPP) · France
63
6🇭🇺
László TRÓCSÁNYI
Non-attached · Hungary
63
7🇵🇹
Paulo RANGEL
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
62
8🇭🇺
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS
Patriots for Europe · Hungary
62
9🇪🇸
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
62
10🇫🇷
Gilles BOYER
Renew Europe · France
35
11🇬🇷
Alexis GEORGOULIS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Greece
33(33 solo)
12🇩🇪
Daniel FREUND
Greens / EFA · Germany
33(32 solo)
13🇫🇷
Pascal DURAND
Socialists & Democrats · France
30
14🇫🇷
Leila CHAIBI
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
26(26 solo)
15🇫🇷
Manon AUBRY
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
24(12 solo)
16🇫🇷
Sandro GOZI
Renew Europe · France
22
17🇷🇴
Ramona STRUGARIU
Renew Europe · Romania
21
18🇪🇸
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
17
19🇵🇱
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
16(14 solo)
20🇪🇸
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA
Patriots for Europe · Spain
15(15 solo)
21🇫🇷
Marie TOUSSAINT
Greens / EFA · France
13(13 solo)
22🇳🇱
Lara WOLTERS
Socialists & Democrats · Netherlands
13(13 solo)
23🇫🇷
Emmanuel MAUREL
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
12
24🇪🇸
Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
12(6 solo)
25🇷🇴
Maria GRAPINI
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
12(6 solo)

The amendments, in full text

478 amendments

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

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