In this article we analyse the amendments in the first six months of the 2019-24 EP term. We use data publicly available on the website of the European Parliament (EP).
The ranking of the involvement of individual MEPs in amendments is topped by the Belgian MEP Olivier Chastel, who was by far the most active MEP, involved in 724 amendments. He is followed by Ramona Strugariu of Romania (577 amendments), Lina Galvez Muñoz of Spain (545 amendments) and Gilles Boyer of France (504 amendments).
Overall, the top 10 most involved MEPs) make up 7.4% of the total involvement in amendments of all 751 MEPs (pre-Brexit). This exhibits a hugely disproportionate level of involvement, with the data also indicating that 15 MEPs were only involved in 1 amendment, and 57 MEPs were not involved in any amendments at all. Each member of the top 10 contributed to at least 0.58% of total involvement, with Olivier Chastel alone contributing to 1.11% of total involvement and 14.95% of the top 10’s involvement. This information shows that not all MEPs are equal in the range of their activity regarding legislative amendments. The sheer size of this disparity is important to note, despite the fact that different pieces of legislation differ in size and subject matter.
PUBLISHED BY EULYTIX LTD.
AUTHOR: ATTILA MIKLÓS KOVÁCS PhD and LEVENTE KOCSIS
RESPONSIBLE EDITOR: ENIKŐ VÁRNAI
COPYRIGHT © EULYTIX LTD., HUNGARY 2021
