Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2012(INI)
Stock-taking of the European elections 2024
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 11 September 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 23 January 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 16 July 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 29 August 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 11 September 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
11 September 2025 · decision 7
EU institutions & Parliament, Resolution
Stock-taking of the European elections 2024
Adopted 388 for · 186 against · 34 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text notes the highest turnout in 25 years and calls for reforms to harmonise electoral procedures across member states.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are standardized and punctuation corrected.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report adds new paragraphs on Hungary's elections, electoral reforms, and the lead candidate process, and expands paragraphs on minorities and young people. It drops paragraphs on foreign interference, media freedom, and political violence, replacing them with new ones on local involvement and the Democracy Shield committee. Recitals are restructured, adding new ones on simultaneous elections, turnout, and representation, while dropping others on disinformation and political advertising. Several paragraphs are rephrased for clarity, and the explanatory statement is updated to past tense. The other changes are formal: corrections to terminology and references.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Constitutional Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Ľubica Karvašová (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Borja Giménez Larraz (EPP), Klára Dobrev (S&D), Marieke Ehlers (Patriots), Patryk Jaki (ECR), Daniel Freund (Greens), Anthony Smith (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 11 Sept 2025
AI summary:This resolution takes stock of the 2024 European elections, noting the highest turnout in 25 years at 50.74%, and calls for reforms to make EU elections more democratic, inclusive, and resilient against disinformation and foreign interference.
Tabled for plenary· 29 Aug 2025
AI summary:This resolution takes stock of the 2024 European elections, noting the turnout of 50.74% and calling for reforms to make EU elections more democratic, inclusive, and resilient.
Committee draft· 7 May 2025
AI summary:This draft report takes stock of the 2024 European elections and proposes reforms to strengthen European democracy, increase participation, and protect electoral integrity.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
11 September 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 11 Sept 2025 Report A10-0156/2025Adopted text TA10-0198/2025
3 September 2025
1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
29 August 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
16 July 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
3 June 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
7 May 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
23 January 2025
Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2012(INI)