# Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes

European Parliament procedure 2022/2154(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFET). Stage: Procedure completed. 137 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2023-07-28 and 2023-10-09.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on strengthening the right to participate, covering electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes. The amendments revise recitals on the right to vote and stand for election, democratic backsliding and illiberalism within the EU, media freedom and ownership transparency, sham elections and disqualification of opposition candidates, fake international election observation, and attacks on non-partisan election observers.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS | Lithuania | RE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124766.md |
| Katalin CSEH | Hungary | RE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197588.md |
| Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR | Spain | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197722.md |
| Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL | Spain | PPE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197777.md |
| Heidi HAUTALA | Finland | Verts/ALE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2054.md |
| Manu PINEDA | Spain | GUE/NGL | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197828.md |
| Hilde VAUTMANS | Belgium | RE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/130100.md |
| Isabel SANTOS | Portugal | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197650.md |
| David LEGA | Sweden | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197393.md |

## Official source documents

- PE752.626: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-752626_EN.pdf
- PE753.760: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-753760_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2022-2154-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2022-2154-INI.json

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