Strengthening transparency and integrity in the EU institutions by setting up an independent EU ethics body
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
- Committee amendments tabled7 Oct 2020 – 16 Feb 2021
- Plenary vote — Passed16 Sep 2021 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
- Procedure completed
Plenary votes
5 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 →
Show the 2 earlier votes
- 16 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totalsOn amendment 2 · paragraph 10Official label: § 10 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗212 for451 against29 abstentions13 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 16 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totalsOn amendment 3 · paragraph 21Official label: § 21 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗311 for376 against5 abstentions13 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 16 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totalsOn amendment 4 · paragraph 24Official label: § 24 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗292 for368 against32 abstentions13 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 16 Sep 2021Passedoutcome from totalsOn amendment 1 · paragraph 34Official label: § 34 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗263 for239 against190 abstentions13 did not voteDecided by 24 votes. The contested ground: EPP (169 abstentions) · ID (split 31 For / 29 Against) · Non-attached (split 16 For / 15 Against)
Broke with their group’s line65 Members voted against their group’s majority
Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZEPPVoted For
Michal WIEZIKEPPVoted For
Tatjana ŽDANOKAGreens/EFAVoted Against
Terry REINTKEGreens/EFAVoted Against
André ROUGÉIdentity and DemocracyVoted Against
Annika BRUNAIdentity and DemocracyVoted Against
Aurélia BEIGNEUXIdentity and DemocracyVoted Against
Catherine GRISETIdentity and DemocracyVoted Against
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- 16 Sep 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totalsOn the motion for a resolution · the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗377 for87 against224 abstentions17 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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Explore the graphMembers who amended this procedure
70 Members · by amendment count
The amendments, in full text
478 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.