ENVote in the European Parliament
REPORT on the amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth
Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Date: 13.11.2025Reference: A10-0214/2025amendment of a lawmaternity leaveproxy voteEuropean electoral systemmotherhoodMember of the European Parliamentparliamentary sessionright to votegender equality
Overall Result
Adopted- 605 For
- 30 Against
- 5 Abstention
- 78 Did not vote
How we count
- Yes, No and Abstention come from the European Parliament's roll-call voting protocol.
- “Did not vote” is derived: MEPs with a mandate on the voting day for whom no vote was recorded. Abstentions do not count towards this.
- Subsequent vote corrections are shown but do not change the official result.
- Each vote (overall vote, amendment, partial vote) counts separately. Therefore totals may differ from pages that count differently.
Status and procedure
Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.
- Vote held on
- Latest recorded step
- Plenary · (373 days ago)
- Next scheduled step
- No further step is scheduled in the source.
Procedure timeline
2025/2195(INL) · INL
Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.
- Recorded: Referral
- Recorded: Committee stage
- Latest recorded: Plenary
Recorded activities (10)
- Referral to committee
- Committee report tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee report adopted
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Plenary vote
- Plenary vote results
Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)
- Plenary vote
Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved:
Sources
Data: EP Open Data API
What is this about?
- MEPs want to amend the EU Electoral Act to align voting rules with real-life health and caregiving challenges.
- The targeted change to the electoral rules would confer proxy voting rights to MEPs three months before their estimated due date and six months after childbirth.
- Parliament is seeking to improve gender equality and ensure mothers can participate fully in political life.
Vote by political group
How the political groups voted
Non-attached Members (NI)For16
- 16For
- 7Against
- 2Abstention
- 5Did not vote
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)For40
- 40For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 6Did not vote
Renew Europe (Renew)For64
- 64For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 11Did not vote
European People's Party (EPP)For171
- 171For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 17Did not vote
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)For123
- 123For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 13Did not vote
Patriots for Europe (PfE)For72
- 72For
- 4Against
- 0Abstention
- 8Did not vote
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)For68
- 68For
- 2Against
- 3Abstention
- 6Did not vote
Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)For47
- 47For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 6Did not vote
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)For4
- 4For
- 17Against
- 0Abstention
- 6Did not vote
Members
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| Name | Country | Group | Vote Position |
|---|---|---|---|
 France | GUE/NGL | For | |
 Belgium | Renew | For | |
 Germany | EPP | For | |
 Austria | EPP | For | |
 Finland | GUE/NGL | For | |
 Spain | S&D | For | |
 Italy | PfE | For | |
| Italy | ECR | For | |
 Greece | GUE/NGL | For | |
 Ireland | EPP | For |
