Verbatim report of proceedings

Wednesday, 6 July 2022 - Strasbourg

11.1. Amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 216 on committee meetings (A9-0203/2022 - Gabriele Bischoff) (vote)

- Before the vote:

  Gabriele Bischoff, rapporteur. – Madam President, we are now voting on the amendment of the Rules of Procedure to allow for a hybrid committee working regime in the future.

The working group on the Rules of Procedure has been mandated by our President to prepare a report to implement the decision of the CoP of 2 June, and this decision was supported by all the political groups. We have prepared this report under a lot of time pressure and at short notice. Our working method is based on consensus, and we achieved a consensus in this working group. On this basis, we proposed my report that is presented today for vote. On Monday, it was supported by a broad majority in the AFCO Committee.

Dear colleagues, I now count on you also to support to amend Rule 216 of our Rules of Procedure and to respect the consensus that has been found first in the CoP, then in the AFCO working group, then in the AFCO, and I hope also here in the plenary.