Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2195(INL)
Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth
Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth
Legislative initiative · First reading
Parliament asks the Commission to propose a law and says what it should contain.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 13 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 9 October 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 4 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 5 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 13 November 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
13 November 2025 · decision 19
EU institutions & Parliament, Resolution
Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth
Adopted Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
AI summary:The European Parliament adopted a resolution proposing to amend the European Electoral Act to allow Members to vote by proxy during pregnancy and after giving birth.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: headings are simplified by removing references to draft or motion stages.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The versions differ only in wording: one word is removed from the proxy voting provision.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Constitutional Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Ana Miguel Pedro (EPP), Marieke Ehlers (Patriots), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR), Sandro Gozi (Renew), Daniel Freund (Greens), Nikolas Farantouris (The Left), Stanisław Tyszka (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 13 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament proposes amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members to vote by proxy in plenary during pregnancy and after giving birth, for up to three months before the estimated birth date and six months after.
Tabled for plenary· 5 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament proposes amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members to vote by proxy during pregnancy and after giving birth, for up to three months before the estimated birth and six months after.
Committee draft· 9 Oct 2025
AI summary:The draft report proposes amending the European Electoral Act to allow Members of the European Parliament to vote by proxy during pregnancy and after giving birth, for up to three months before the estimated birth date and six months after.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
13 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 13 Nov 2025 Report A10-0214/2025Adopted text TA10-0257/2025
10 November – 11 November 2025
5 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
5 November 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
4 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
17 October 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
9 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
9 October 2025
Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2195(INL)