Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth

Procedure 2025/2195(INL) (legislative initiative procedure) concerns “Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth”; the committee responsible is AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 13 Nov 2025: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 13 Nov 2025 (final vote): adopted with 605 votes in favour, 30 against and 5 abstentions.

Reference

2025/2195(INL)

Type

Legislative initiative procedure

Official title

Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth

Status

Concluded in Parliament

Lead

AFCO Constitutional Affairs

Rapporteur

Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, Spain)

Shadow rapporteurs

Nikolas Farantouris (The Left, Greece), Daniel Freund (Greens/EFA, Germany), Sandro Gozi (Renew, France), Ana Miguel Pedro (EPP, Portugal), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR, Poland), Marieke Ehlers (PfE, Netherlands), Stanisław Tyszka (ESN, Poland)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth (A10-0214/2025), 13 Nov 2025: final vote, adopted, 605 for, 30 against, 5 abstentions

Timeline

1. 23 Sep 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
2. 9 Oct 2025: Proposal referred to plenary; Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 4 Nov 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
4. 5 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)