Strengthening the European Parliament's Right of Initiative

by name voted on 09.06.2022

Summary

This resolution argues that the European Parliament needs a direct right to propose laws to fix the current imbalance of power in the EU and better represent its citizens.

9 09.06.2022

Other

justice

government

european union

public administration

Key points

The European Commission currently holds a near monopoly on proposing new laws, which creates an imbalance in the EU decision-making process.
Parliament can currently only indirectly request the Commission to submit legislative proposals.
The Parliament possesses certain limited direct rights regarding its own organization and the European Ombudsman.
There is a strong call to revise EU Treaties to grant the Parliament a general and direct right of legislative initiative.

Vote

PPE

S&D

Renew

Verts/ALE

ID

ECR

NI

The Left

Total

Speeches

30 Speeches in total

Pro

Contra

Cyrus ENGERER

S&D

1:15 min

15. Parliament’s right of initiative (debate)

Grace O'SULLIVAN

Grace O'SULLIVAN

Verts/ALE

1:12 min

15. Parliament’s right of initiative (debate)

Documents (PDFs)

REPORT on Parliament’s right of initiative Parliament’s right of initiative

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