European Parliament Lets Pregnant MEPs Transfer Voting Rights
Pregnant members of the European Parliament can in future transfer their voting rights to other MEPs, both before and after the birth of a child.
Pregnant Members of the European Parliament will in future be allowed to transfer their voting rights. The new rule applies both in the period before and after the birth of a child. This is reported by Deutschlandfunk.
The vote can be handed over to other MEPs. An already designated substitute is not required for this. The change expressly concerns the voting right of the MEPs and thus their participation in votes in the plenary.
The maximum duration of the transfer is not stated in the available information. Details of the specific procedure are also missing, for example how a transfer is formally requested and implemented. There is also no information on a vote on the rule or on the date of the decision.
The rule gives mandate holders a way not to fully lose their parliamentary work during pregnancy and after childbirth, without having to give up their mandate. How the transfer is designed in detail remains open based on the information known so far.
Source: deutschlandfunk.de
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