2025/2262(REG)AFCO

Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135)

Stage: EP position adopted, reached 28 Apr 2026
Rapporteur: Sven Simon (EPP)
Last activity: 28 Apr 2026

6 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Plenary vote, 28 Apr 2026.

15 Dec 2025
- Referred to committee
12 Jan 2026
- Committee report tabled
12 Feb 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
18 Mar 2026
- Committee report adopted
19 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
28 Apr 2026
- Plenary vote

9 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Sven Simon	EPP	DE	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Christine Anderson	ESN	DE	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Daniel Freund	Greens/EFA	DE	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Juan Fernando López Aguilar	S&D	ES	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Loránt Vincze	EPP	RO	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Marieke Ehlers	PfE	NL	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Nikolas Farantouris	The Left	EL	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Patryk Jaki	ECR	PL	AFCO
Shadow rapporteur	Sandro Gozi	Renew	IT	AFCO

1 amendment

Amendments

Tabled on 12 Feb 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

AFCO1

By author

Sven Simon1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

By article

Rule 135 – paragraph 21

4 documents

Documents

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Summary

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Parliament is amending its internal Rules of Procedure to tighten scrutiny over appointments to EU agencies and bodies, strengthening the role of responsible committees in vetting candidates. The changes primarily affect MEPs, parliamentary committees, and institutions nominating candidates for EU agency leadership posts.

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