Decision

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

Effect: Adopted
Result: show of hands — no count
Date: 13 November 2025, 10:47
Kind: Resolution

More facts (7)

Text: Report A-10-2025-0214
Dossier: 2025/2195(INL)
Source: Committee report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 5 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Thursday 13 November 2025
Final vote: 181383

Text: Report A-10-2025-0214
Dossier: 2025/2195(INL)
Source: Committee report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 5 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Thursday 13 November 2025
Final vote: 181383

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Result

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Show of hands — no count

Adopted.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 rejected).

Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. **Speeches**: how many times they took the floor. **Final vote**: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches4	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	no roll call
Marieke EHLERS Netherlands	Patriots	Speeches3	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call
Daniel FREUND Germany	Greens	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call
Ana Miguel PEDRO Portugal	EPP	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call
Sandro GOZI France	Renew	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call
Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group Greece	S&D	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Irmhild BOSSDORF Germany	ESN	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI Poland	ECR	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR Spain	S&D	Speeches1	13 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	no roll call

All votes on this decision, 5

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
1	Final vote Draft proposal for a Council decision	Show of hands	Adopted
2	Separate vote on recital C	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Vote on text inserted after recital E	Counted	282 for, 338 against, 19 abstained Rejected
4	Vote on text inserted after recital E	Show of hands	Rejected
5	Final vote — text as a whole A10-0214/2025 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	605 for, 30 against, 5 abstained Adopted

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
2	Separate vote on recital C	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Vote on text inserted after recital E	Counted	282 for, 338 against, 19 abstained Rejected
4	Vote on text inserted after recital E	Show of hands	Rejected
5	Final vote — text as a whole A10-0214/2025 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	605 for, 30 against, 5 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-10-2025-0214

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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.

The proposal would permit proxy voting for up to three months before the expected birth and six months after, to address health and logistical challenges.

Parliament decided to submit the proposal to the Council for approval, as the current rules require Members to vote individually and personally.

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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.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2195(INL) · Legislative initiative

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

Parliament adopted the text on 13 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 9 October 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 4 November 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 5 November 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 13 November 2025 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFCO · Author: Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/19
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 13 November 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth”. Decision, 13 November 2025. votingId 181383, document A-10-2025-0214, reference 2025/2195(INL). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/19 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 13 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-13-19,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-13},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/19}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-13/19},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 181383, document A-10-2025-0214, reference 2025/2195(INL). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}