Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process

Procedure 2025/2042(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process”; the committee responsible is AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 27 Nov 2025: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 27 Nov 2025 (final vote): adopted with 337 votes in favour, 245 against and 12 abstentions.

Reference

2025/2042(INI)

Type

Own-initiative procedure

Status

Concluded in Parliament

Lead

AFCO Constitutional Affairs

Opinion

JURI Legal Affairs

Rapporteur

Marieke Ehlers (PfE, Netherlands)

Shadow rapporteurs

Nikolas Farantouris (The Left, Greece), Leoluca Orlando (Greens/EFA, Italy), Kristian Vigenin (S&D, Bulgaria), Joachim Streit (Renew, Germany), Branko Grims (EPP, Slovenia), Gheorghe Piperea (ECR, Romania)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process (A10-0224/2025), 27 Nov 2025: final vote, main vote: A10-0224/2025 – Marieke Ehlers – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 337 for, 245 against, 12 abstentions; plus 1 more roll-call vote

Timeline

1. 23 Jan 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
2. 13 Feb 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
3. 10 Apr 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
4. 4 Nov 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 11 Nov 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)