Decision

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

Effect: Consent given
Result: 616 for · 24 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date: 29 April 2026, 13:14
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

More facts (8)

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0123
Dossier: 2025/0900(APP)
Source: Committee report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 191581

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0123
Dossier: 2025/0900(APP)
Source: Committee report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 191581

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Majority line**: the most common position. **Clear line**: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 123	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 69	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 163	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 22 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 79	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 81	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 69	Against 6	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.88
ESN	For 8	Against 14	Abst. 4	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.31
No group	For 17	Against 4	Abst. 4	No vote 5 of 30	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 6

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Patriots line For · 6 voted against of 75 who voted
Voted against (6)
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Roman HAIDER Austria

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)

Members' votes by country. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	13	6	0	1	0.53
Belgium	22	0	0	0	1.00
Bulgaria	12	2	1	2	0.70
Cyprus	5	0	0	1	—
Czechia	17	0	2	2	0.84
Germany	77	8	2	9	0.83
Denmark	15	0	0	0	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	50	0	0	10	1.00
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	74	0	0	7	1.00
Greece	20	0	0	1	1.00
Croatia	9	0	0	3	—
Hungary	15	0	1	5	0.91
Ireland	14	0	0	0	1.00
Italy	69	0	1	6	0.98
Lithuania	10	1	0	0	0.86
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	7	0	0	2	—
Malta	2	0	0	4	—
Netherlands	28	0	0	3	1.00
Poland	49	2	0	2	0.94
Portugal	21	0	0	0	1.00
Romania	26	0	0	7	1.00
Sweden	19	0	0	2	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	7	5	1	2	0.31

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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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
Daniel FREUND Germany	Greens	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Ana Miguel PEDRO Portugal	EPP	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Marieke EHLERS Netherlands	Patriots	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Christine ANDERSON Germany	ESN	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	Against
Sandro GOZI France	Renew	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group Greece	S&D	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI Poland	ECR	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR Spain	S&D	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For

All votes on this decision, 1

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	Requested by
1	Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0123/2026 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Draft Council decision	Roll call	616 for, 24 against, 8 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0123

What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

The draft Council decision amends the European Electoral Act to let MEPs who are pregnant or have recently given birth vote by proxy in plenary for up to three months before the expected birth and six months after.

Parliament gave its consent to the Council's position, which also says the MEP statute and Parliament's rules should set out the general and detailed conditions for such delegation.

The reform will enter into force after member states approve it according to their constitutional requirements.

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The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament gives its consent to the draft Council decision amending the European Electoral Act to allow proxy voting for MEPs who are pregnant or have recently given birth.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0900(APP) · Consent procedure

Amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976

Parliament gave its consent on 29 April 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 27 April 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 27 April 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 27 April 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

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

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 191581, document A-10-2026-0123, reference 2025/0900(APP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-29/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-29-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 191581, document A-10-2026-0123, reference 2025/0900(APP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29 (CC BY 4.0)}
}