Analysis of EP committee amendments on justice & citizenship

Analysis of EP committee amendments on justice & citizenship

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Below is our broad analysis of the amendments drafted to some of the recent EP committee reports. It shows the list of authors, how political groups created coalitions between them and the list of specific topics they addressed.

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Example of amendment from The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report 2024/2078(INI)


Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023 - 2025/2027(INI)

  • Total amendments: 86
  • Unique initiators: 10
  • Unique co-signatories: 16
  • Unique topics addressed: 26

How many amendments did each group sponsor:

  • EPP: 2
  • S&D: 10
  • PFE: 17
  • ECR: 6
  • Renew: 10
  • Greens/EFA: 21
  • The Left: 18
  • NI: 2

Note: amendments sponsored by multiple groups have higher chances of approval

Occurrences of cooperation between groups: none (each amendment was submitted by MEPs of the same group only)

Which MEPs initiated the amendments:

  • EPP: Ioan-Rareș BOGDAN
  • S&D: Alex AGIUS SALIBA
  • PFE: Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN, Pál SZEKERES
  • ECR: Chiara GEMMA, Cristian TERHEȘ
  • Renew: Jana TOOM
  • Greens/EFA: Ana MIRANDA PAZ
  • The Left: Nikos PAPPAS
  • NI: Maria ZACHARIA

Which MEPs co-signed the amendments:

  • S&D: Annalisa CORRADO, Hana JALLOUL MURO, Isilda GOMES, Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS, Sandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ, Sandro RUOTOLO
  • ECR: Șerban Dimitrie STURDZA, Adrian-George AXINIA, Claudiu-Richard TÂRZIU, Cristian TERHEȘ, Georgiana TEODORESCU, Gheorghe PIPEREA, Ivaylo VALCHEV, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Paolo INSELVINI
  • Renew: Michał  KOBOSKO

Topics most frequently targeted by amendments

  • EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
  • EU engagement with citizens
  • EU policy on disability inclusion & accessibility
  • EU engagement with civil society
  • Environmental crimes and justice
  • Activities of EU Ombudsman
  • Climate efforts
  • EU policy on integration and ethnic, racial and religious discrimination
  • LGBTIQ+
  • Nature protection and restoration in the EU

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Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults 2023/0169(COD)

  • Total amendments: 200
  • Unique initiators: 6
  • Unique co-signatories: 0
  • Unique topics addressed: 32

How many amendments did each group sponsor:

  • EPP: 70
  • S&D: 59
  • Greens/EFA: 71

Note: amendments sponsored by multiple groups have higher chances of approval

Occurrences of cooperation between groups: none (each amendment was submitted by MEPs of the same group only)

Which MEPs initiated the amendments:

  • EPP: Daniel BUDA, Lukas MANDL, Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER, Michał WAWRYKIEWICZ
  • S&D: Krzysztof ŚMISZEK
  • Greens/EFA: Tineke STRIK

Topics most frequently targeted by amendments

  • EU policy on disability inclusion & accessibility
  • Jurisdiction conflicts between EU and national courts
  • EU competences on social policies
  • Gender roles, equality and inclusion

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report 2024/2078(INI)

  • Total amendments: 379
  • Unique initiators: 26
  • Unique co-signatories: 14
  • Unique topics addressed: 32

How many amendments did each group sponsor:

  • EPP: 49
  • S&D: 99
  • PFE: 58
  • ECR: 52
  • Renew: 27
  • Greens/EFA: 32
  • The Left: 9
  • ESN: 53

Note: amendments sponsored by multiple groups have higher chances of approval

Occurrences of cooperation between groups: none (each amendment was submitted by MEPs of the same group only)

Which MEPs initiated the amendments:

  • EPP: Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Daniel BUDA, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Loucas FOURLAS
  • S&D: Alessandro ZAN, Marco TARQUINIO, Vasile DÎNCU, Victor NEGRESCU
  • PFE: Matthieu VALET, Pascale PIERA, Susanna CECCARDI, Ton DIEPEVEEN
  • ECR: Carlo FIDANZA, Cristian TERHEȘ, Marion MARÉCHAL, Sebastian TYNKKYNEN
  • Renew: Engin EROGLU, Malik AZMANI, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
  • Greens/EFA: Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ, Tineke STRIK
  • The Left: Mario FURORE, Rima HASSAN
  • ESN: Alexander SELL, Tomasz FROELICH

Which MEPs co-signed the amendments:

  • EPP: Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA
  • PFE: António TÂNGER CORRÊA, Hermann TERTSCH, Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS, Pascale PIERA, Roberto VANNACCI, Silvia SARDONE
  • ECR: Alberico GAMBINO, Alessandro CIRIANI
  • Renew: Bernard GUETTA, Dan BARNA, Engin EROGLU, Lucia YAR
  • The Left: Arash SAEIDI

Topics most frequently targeted by amendments

  • EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
  • EU competences on human rights
  • Rule of law in Hungary
  • Foreign interference in Europe
  • Regulation of NGOs in Europe
  • Disinformation & online freedoms
  • EU engagement with civil society
  • EU policy on integration and ethnic, racial and religious discrimination
  • LGBTIQ+
  • EU relations with Western Balkans
  • Gender roles, equality and inclusion
  • Asylum & border control
  • Digital platforms liability for harmful and illegal content

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