Timeline
Legislative processes can be long and complex, making them difficult to track. Our timeline feature is designed to give you an overview of any legislative process, highlight key steps and developments, and gather all relevant documentation in one place.
The timeline is available for all ordinary legislative procedures. This key feature allows you to see all the steps the procedure has undergone, and it links all related documents, amendments, and votes in one place.
Find the timeline by scrolling down to the detailed view of a procedure just below the Decision Makers and Key Influencers section.
The timeline is arranged chronologically, with the latest developments at the top. It can be quite extensive for lengthy processes, but you can view the entire timeline by clicking Expand Timeline at the bottom.
Official Timeline Events
The timeline includes the following events:
Votes | Votes of the Parliament | |
Debates | Debates that take place in the Parliament | |
Documents | Documents range from proposals (European Commission), opinions of European committees, discussions within the council (Council of the EU), adoption by parliament (European Parliament), amendments filed by MEPs (European Parliament), signatures of presidents and the publication in the Official Journal. | |
Others | Various decisions and approvals by institutions are marked as "Other". |
Detailed Votes
You can click on an event to see more details. Currently detailed votes results are available only for Swiss Procedures as shown bellow:
By clicking on view details you access an interactive view of the vote results:
Custom Timeline Events
You can add notes and events to the timeline to document meetings, votes or notes.
- Go to a procedure and scroll to the Timeline.
- Click + ADD Update on the top right corner
- Select the type of event you want to add. You can choose between Meeting, Vote or Note
- Fill in the details, date, time and add any attachement if needed.
- Choose if the event is visible for your team or just for you.
- Save, the event will be visible on the timeline as shown bellow.