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Committee on Constitutional Affairs Ordinary meeting

5 May 2026

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The chair resolves technical issues and conducts roll-call votes on allocating the democratic accountability file and on the 2026 report on European political parties and foundations, before informally closing the voting block and preparing the move to the next agenda item.

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Opening votes — file allocation and parties report

00:04

Technical issue and vote on file allocation

00:04

Voting on report: European political parties and foundations

01:45

Informal interlude and transition to next agenda item

06:24

Item 5 opened — mandate and rapporteur’s approach

08:45

Introduction of Item 5 and mandate of Article 19 TEU report

08:45

Rapporteur Weimers: scope, conferral and judicial independence

09:21

Political groups on Article 19 TEU and ECJ role

14:59

Shadows EPP, S&D, Patriots: conferral vs role of ECJ

14:59

Greens and ES positions on ECJ mandate and subsidiarity

25:26

López Aguilar’s warning and Sokol’s rebuttal on constitutional foundations

30:05

AFCO Article 19 report — expert hearing and rapporteur’s closing

36:57

Chair’s proposal for expert hearing and next procedural steps

36:57

Rapporteur Weimers: closing remarks on Article 19 report

39:26

Any other business and meeting closure

41:14

Any other business and meeting closure

41:14

Committee on Constitutional Affairs Ordinary meeting

5 May 2026

AFCO Tue, 5 May 2026 European Parliament

Follow its sittings

00:04 - 00:20

Speaker 1

And those who want to contest, minus. And this will be done by roll-call vote. Yeah. I know. But this is a technical issue in the room.

And this will be done by roll call vote, so I open the vote. I know, but.

00:21 - 00:28

Speaker 4

Can I just ask a clarification question? So we now vote on the package as a whole or solely No. On the

00:29 - 00:42

Speaker 1

We have a technical problem in the room. I think they are by far too often, that should be fixed in the house, but I cannot change it now. We only take the you contest it. I mean, that's up to you. If you want to contest everything.

00:41 - 00:44

Speaker 4

Only the file allocation to the commission.

00:44 - 02:32

Speaker 1

File allocation reinforcing democratic accountability and enhancing parliament's political scrutiny of the commission. Those who are in favor of the recommendations of the coordinators must vote in favor, and those who want to object or oppose must vote against. I open the vote. Okay. I close the vote.

There's one too many in the room because we have 25 out of 25, but ESN didn't vote. It wasn't working. It wasn't working. Oh, it was. Anyway, it doesn't matter. 14 in favor, 11 against.

So, they were not objected to. The recommendations of the coordinators remain as they do the recommendation. Okay. Then the voting time. There is a voting today on one file, European political parties and foundations 2026 report on the application of regulation 2445 from 2025 and on the activities funded.

So, colleagues, we start voting first on amendment 13. Who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions rejected. Compromise amendment one in favor?

Against? Abstentions are adopted. Amendment 16 in favor? Against? Abstentions rejected.

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