How the most powerful party in Europe maintains online – politico legislators

“The members who appear on the list of speakers and do not get informed of their absence in the plenary will no longer be priority for the time to speak in the next 6 months,” reads the document, threatening the legislators included on a so-called blacklist if this happens several times.

In addition, the EPP follows attendance. The legislators who do not arise for the allocated speaking times will be left without speaking times during the next plenary session, according to the document.

To ensure discipline, the EPP verifies the voting registers of the legislators against the political orientation of management.

The tables and graphics are compiled for each member and each national delegation “per month, quarter or semester”, indicates the document.

MEPs receive a “personal and confidential letter” twice a year by breaking down their attendance and their vote in the two committees and the plenary they can compare to the group average.

Data is transmitted to the group’s presidency, national delegations and coordinators of each committee. It is used “during reports” in Committee and by establishing the list of speakers for the plenary.

After each plenary, the EPP management sets up an internal evaluation to break the number of legislators, by nationality, which has not followed the party’s directives.

Lenaers said that the processes “remain continuous work in progress – always open to discussion and refinement when needed by our members”.