Published: June 8th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025
Before a vote in the plenary of the EU Parliament, the positions of the various parties and groups are usually well known. The actual negotiations have already taken place in the run-up to the previous vote in the committees, so compromise lines have often already been found before a dossier reaches the plenary. But exceptions prove the rule, as we all know, and that is why things can turn out quite differently when it comes to particularly controversial issues. Some legislative proposals in the Fit-for-55 package fall in this category.