Procedure

Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth

2025/2195(INL)·10th term·AFCO·INL

Summary

This dossier concerns amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members to vote in plenary by proxy during pregnancy and after giving birth. The amendments link the reform to work-life balance and the participation of mothers and parents in politics, strengthen maternity and paternity rules for Members, and add a derogation to Article 6(1) of the Act on the election of Members by direct universal suffrage, while noting limits to preserve the secrecy of the ballot and Members' personal accountability.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
17 Oct 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
13 Nov 2025 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole

Amendments

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Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

17 Oct 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

1 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 →

13 Nov 2025Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
605 for30 against5 abstentions79 did not vote
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