16. The work of the European Parliament

Comparing the Parliament’s activity in the ninth term to date with the corresponding period in the previous term (July 2014 to December 2018) allows a view of the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the work of the institution, in particular in 2020 but also in 2021. Whilst there have been marginally fewer plenary sitting days this term than last, the hours of sittings have amounted to a fifth less than in the previous term (2 198 hours).
Despite the reduced sitting time, Parliament has held close to the same number of votes (for over a year using a remote voting procedure introduced in March 2020). Moreover, it has both adopted and rejected significantly more amendments this term than in the last one, although overall it adopted fewer texts than it had in the corresponding period last term (2 133).