Description
The Council's voting records are public whenever it adopts a legislative act under the ordinary or a special legislative procedure. On average, the Council adopts 120 legislative acts per year.
This database contains not only the votes of the Council when adopting a legislative act but also information related to that act, such as:
- act type (regulation, directive, decision or position),
- act number (as published in the EU's Official Journal),
- document number (submitted to the Council for adoption),
- interinstitutional number,
- date of adoption,
- action by the Council (according to the steps of the legislative procedure),
- form of adoption (in a Council meeting or by written procedure),
- Council configuration,
- Council session,
- policy area,
- voting procedure (ordinary or special legislative procedure),
- voting rule (qualified majority or unanimity).
For more information please visit: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/corporate-policies/transparency/open-data/
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Data: Council votes on legislative acts | ZIP | Open resource | |
| SPARQL endpoint | Unknown | Open resource |