Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2137(INI)
Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022 - 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 10 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 10 July 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 27 January 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 2 February 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 10 March 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
10 March 2026 · decision 7
EU institutions & Parliament, Resolution
Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024
Adopted 602 for · 9 against · 8 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The text reaffirms that access to documents is a fundamental right and calls for a culture of transparency where disclosure is the rule and secrecy the exception.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: footnote references are removed and punctuation adjusted.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report expands significantly, adding many new recitals and paragraphs on transparency, delays, and institutional practices. It strengthens calls for proactive disclosure, criticizes the Commission's revised rules, and urges better compliance with deadlines. It adds detailed statistics on access requests and decisions, highlighting systemic delays and the need for reform. It includes new sections on AI, agencies, international agreements, and the Aarhus Convention, broadening the scope. The other changes are formal: updated references and renumbering.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Pekka Toveri (EPP), Evin Incir (S&D), András László (Patriots), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (ECR), Markéta Gregorová (Greens), Gaetano Pedulla' (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Mar 2026
AI summary:This resolution assesses EU institutions' implementation of public access to documents rules for 2022-2024, noting trends, concerns, and recommendations for improvement.
Tabled for plenary· 2 Feb 2026
AI summary:This resolution assesses the EU institutions' implementation of public access to documents rules for 2022-2024, highlighting systemic delays, over-classification, and lack of transparency in legislative processes.
Committee draft· 14 Oct 2025
AI summary:This draft report assesses public access to EU documents in 2022-2024, noting progress and shortcomings, and makes recommendations to improve transparency.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
10 March 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Mar 2026 Report A10-0011/2026Adopted text TA10-0065/2026
3 March – 4 March 2026
14 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
2 February 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
27 January 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
17 November 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
14 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
10 July 2025
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2137(INI)