Running issue, EU initiative
AI summary:A cross-cutting EU push to reduce administrative burdens across several policy areas by amending existing rules.
First seen 1 Apr 2025 · latest 16 Sept 2026 · 11 decisions on 10 sitting days · 9 adopted, 1 rejected
Economy & single market, New EU law, 16 Sept 2026
Report by Pekka Toveri, Anna-Maja Henriksson · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 549 for · 92 against · 27 abstained by an overwhelming majority
Foreign affairs, New EU law, 16 Sept 2026
Report by Sven Mikser, Pierfrancesco Maran, Aura Salla · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 530 for · 125 against · 12 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:Parliament set out its position on a proposed regulation that amends several existing EU laws on chemicals so as to remove regulatory and administrative burdens for defence readiness and speed up approval and authorisation procedures for the defence industry.
Digital, AI & data, New EU law, 16 Jun 2026
Report by Arba Kokalari, Michael McNamara · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 423 for · 57 against · 174 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text amends the AI Act and the EASA Basic Regulation to make implementation and enforcement simpler, effective and uniform.
Climate & environment, New EU law, 29 Apr 2026
Report by Dimitris Tsiodras, Piotr Müller · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 540 for · 60 against · 45 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The adopted text aims to reduce administrative burdens while maintaining high protection levels, for example by making labelling rules more flexible and streamlining approval procedures for cosmetic ingredients.
Digital, AI & data, New EU law, 26 Mar 2026
Report by Arba Kokalari, Michael McNamara · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 569 for · 45 against · 23 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The position postpones the application date for certain AI systems to 2 December 2027 for Annex III and 2 August 2028 for Annex I, replacing the Commission's proposed link to a decision.
Climate & environment, Objection to a Commission measure, 17 Dec 2025
Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated act
Motion for a resolution
Objection failed On the objection: 230 for · 402 against · 28 abstained by a clear majority
AI summary:The regulation narrows the scope of substances of very high concern covered and introduces a materiality threshold for reporting.
Economy & single market, New EU law, 13 Nov 2025
Report by Jörgen Warborn · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 382 for · 249 against · 13 abstained by a clear majority
AI summary:The proposal amends EU rules on corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence, aiming to simplify and reduce burdens on companies.
Economy & single market, New EU law, 7 Oct 2025
Committee report · Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
No single final vote: only amendments or parts of the text were voted on.
Economy & single market, Resolution, 11 Sept 2025
Report by Anna-Maja Henriksson
Adopted 459 for · 65 against · 90 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text calls for cutting red tape, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, and for better implementation of existing rules.
Economy & single market, New EU law, 3 Apr 2025
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 531 for · 69 against · 17 abstained by an overwhelming majority
Economy & single market, New EU law, 1 Apr 2025
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Urgent procedure agreed On the request for urgent procedure: 427 for · 221 against · 14 abstained
How each group voted in the last 10 final A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published.. For / Against / Abstained: at least two thirds of the group voted that way. Divided: no position had two thirds of the group’s votes. On the winning side: how many of those votes ended the way most of the group voted. Groups as they are now.
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