EU Parliament committee backs AI for lawmaking, plenary vote next

EU legislation: Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee backs AI tools in lawmaking

Europe's Legal Affairs Committee has called for the use of AI tools in the EU legislative process. An own-initiative report from Jörgen Warborn (EPP) won broad support in committee and is expected to move to a plenary vote soon.

The goal is straightforward: make EU legislation more professional and efficient without losing legal certainty or democratic control. For legal teams, this is a signal to prepare for AI-enabled drafting, review, and oversight becoming standard across Brussels.

What's on the table

• Pro-innovation stance: Formal encouragement to use AI tools across parts of the legislative workflow.
• Quality and consistency: Better structure, fewer drafting errors, and tighter alignment across multilingual versions.
• Next step: Plenary vote in the European Parliament. If adopted, expect follow-up guidance and internal standards.

Why legal teams should care

• Speed and volume: AI can flag inconsistencies, surface precedent, and streamline amendments-useful in fast-moving files.
• Traceability expectations: If institutions use AI, they'll expect stakeholders to match that precision with clear citations and audit trails.
• Procurement and vendor risk: Tools that touch legislative drafts will face scrutiny on confidentiality, IP, and data protection.

Governance likely in scope

• Human oversight by default: Final drafting and legal checks remain a human responsibility.
• Transparency: Clear indication of when and how AI contributed to a text or analysis.
• Data protection and confidentiality: No sensitive or restricted data in consumer-grade tools; strict access controls.
• Bias and quality controls: Regular evaluations, versioning, and documented methodologies.
• Security and IP: On-prem or EU-hosted options where needed; contracts that protect source materials and outputs.

Practical steps to prepare now

• Set a policy: Define approved AI use cases (draft checks, citations, translation support) and banned ones (sensitive data, final drafting).
• Pilot safely: Start with non-personal, public legislative texts; maintain red-teaming and human review.
• Documentation: Log prompts, versions, and sources to preserve explainability for clients and regulators.
• Tool standards: Require enterprise features: encryption, retention controls, SOC 2/ISO 27001, EU data residency if relevant.
• Contracting: Update NDAs, engagement letters, and vendor terms to cover AI usage, confidentiality, and liability.
• Training: Build prompt and review skills for associates and policy teams; pair AI outputs with authoritative citations.

Timeline and what to watch

• Parliament vote: Track the plenary decision and any amendments that narrow or expand permitted use cases.
• Implementation guidance: Watch the Legal Affairs Committee and Parliament administration for operational rules, tooling choices, and disclosure formats.
• Alignment with Better Regulation: Expect AI practices to intersect with existing quality standards and impact assessment routines.

Authoritative resources:

• European Parliament Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee
• European Commission - Better Regulation

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Date: 29 January 2026