Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections

Procedure 2021/0372(CNS) (consultation procedure) concerns “Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections”; the committee responsible is AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 8 Sep 2025. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 17 Jun 2025 (roll-call vote): adopted with 587 votes in favour, 60 against and 21 abstentions.

Reference

2021/0372(CNS)

Type

Consultation procedure

Official title

Laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast)

Status

Completed

Lead

AFCO Constitutional Affairs

Opinion

LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (opinion: Domènec Ruiz Devesa (S&D, Spain), Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D, Portugal))

Parliamentary committee for opinion on recasting technique

JURI Legal Affairs (opinion: Angel Dzhambazki (ECR, Bulgaria))

Rapporteur

Sven Simon (EPP, Germany)

Shadow rapporteurs

Nikolas Farantouris (The Left, Greece), Reinier Van Lanschot (Greens/EFA, Netherlands), Marc Angel (S&D, Luxembourg), Patryk Jaki (ECR, Poland), Marieke Ehlers (PfE, Netherlands)

Earlier terms

Rapporteur: Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA, Germany)
Shadows: Leila Chaibi (The Left, France), Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D, Portugal), Sandro Gozi (Renew, France), Loránt Vincze (EPP, Romania)

Opinions

5 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections (A10-0090/2025), 17 Jun 2025: roll-call vote, main vote: A10-0090/2025 – Sven Simon – Council draft, adopted, 587 for, 60 against, 21 abstentions; plus 1 more roll-call vote

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 24 Jun 2025: Council (General Affairs), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 27 for, 0 against, 0 abstentions. All 27 member states in favour. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1. 27 Jan 2022: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 10 Feb 2022: Appointment of a rapporteur
3. 14 Jun 2022: Committee tabling an opinion
4. 20 Jul 2022: Parliamentary committee tabling report
5. 25 Oct 2022: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
6. 27 Oct 2022: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
7. 1 Dec 2022: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
8. 13 Feb 2023: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting
9. 14 Feb 2023: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; EP decision
10. 7 Oct 2024: Proposal referred to plenary
11. 14 Oct 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
12. 19 Feb 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
13. 19 Mar 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
14. 14 May 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
15. 16 May 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
16. 17 Jun 2025: EP decision
17. 8 Sep 2025: Publication in the Official Journal

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)