Election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, amending the Act annexed to the Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom

The committee adopted the report by José María GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO (EPP-ED, E) recommending that Parliament give its assent to the draft Council decision amending the act concerning the election of Members of the European Parliament, thereby allowing a long-standing deadlock on the election procedure to be broken. MEPs believed the draft decision represented an acceptable compromise as it would enable progress to be made towards a more standard electoral system. �