On Tuesday 4 November, the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) proposed a targeted amendment to the European Union’s Electoral Act to allow an MEP who is pregnant or has recently given birth to give her vote to another MEP (see EUROPE B13661A32).
This proxy voting system, which will be an exception to the rule that MEPs vote individually and in person, would apply “for a maximum period of three months before the estimated date of birth of the child and...