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How the European Parliament votes

What Parliament decided at each plenary sitting and how every Member voted, in plain English, from the official records.

124 plenary sittings· 934 subjects decided· 6,809 roll-call votes· 720 MEPs from 27 countries · since July 2024

Next plenary session · Wednesday 11 – Thursday 12 November 2026, in 11 days

Latest plenary week 19–22 October 2026

MEPs set Parliament's position on several proposed EU laws this week, including changes to the Critical Raw Materials Act and a temporary pause in some waste-responsibility rules, which must still be agreed with the Council before becoming law.123 They also backed positions on enforcing transport passenger rights, on cross-border protection of adults and on a new programme to protect the euro against counterfeiting.561 On employment policy guidelines, Parliament approved the Commission proposal as amended, and it adopted the EU budget for 2027 along with solidarity and globalisation fund aid.2467 The week also brought resolutions on Russian strikes on Black Sea shipping, Houthi attacks, the COP31 climate conference and Euro-Mediterranean relations, plus texts on high-speed rail, skills and methane emission rules.578101191

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Headline decisions

  1. New laws

    Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act

    Parliament set its first-reading position on amendments to the EU law on critical raw materials, including Commission cut-off dates for Strategic Project calls and stronger data collection; Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR backed it, The Left and ESN opposed it and PfE mostly abstained.

    Economy & single market

    Adopted 470–83–108

  2. New laws

    Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

    MEPs adopted their position on a directive temporarily suspending rules that require companies to appoint authorised representatives for waste, electrical and electronic equipment and single-use plastic waste responsibility, with Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN in favour and The Left mostly abstaining.

    Climate & environment

    Adopted 612–8–39

  3. New laws

    Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

    Parliament's position on a regulation temporarily suspending authorised-representative rules for batteries and packaging waste limits the pause to cross-border micro and small enterprises and keeps it until the future Circular Economy Act applies; most groups backed it and The Left mostly abstained.

    Climate & environment

    Adopted 616–9–39

  4. New laws

    Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers

    MEPs adopted their first-reading position on a public interface linked to the Internal Market Information System for declaring posted workers, backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR and opposed by PfE and ESN.

    Jobs, social affairs & equalityEconomy & single market

    Adopted 558–93–18

  5. New laws

    Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union

    Parliament set its position on a regulation amending several EU laws on enforcing passenger rights across transport modes, with backing from all groups listed.

    Transport & tourism

    Adopted 652–2–8

All 34 subjects of the week: Monday 19· Tuesday 20· Wednesday 21· Thursday 22 | Closest votes of the term

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Climate & environment 100Energy 20Migration & asylum 16Defence & security 41Foreign affairs 286Digital, AI & data 44Economy & single market 200Trade & customs 61EU budget & funds 140Agriculture, food & fisheries 96Health 37Jobs, social affairs & equality 76Justice, rule of law & rights 102Transport & tourism 33EU institutions & Parliament 119

Themes right now · the stories Parliament keeps returning to · all themes →

EU competitiveness EU efforts to strengthen the competitiveness of its economy and businesses. EU initiative · 10 decisions in the last 90 daysEU climate neutrality The EU's long-term framework and targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reaching climate neutrality by 2050. EU initiative · 9 decisions in the last 90 daysOmnibus simplification package A cross-cutting EU push to reduce administrative burdens across several policy areas by amending existing rules. EU initiative · 6 decisions in the last 90 daysEU economic security EU efforts to reduce economic dependencies and protect critical assets while keeping trade open. EU initiative · 5 decisions in the last 90 daysRussia's war against Ukraine Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine and related hostile actions against European states. Conflict · 4 decisions in the last 90 daysEuropean Pillar of Social Rights EU framework of social principles guiding employment and social policy integration. EU initiative · 4 decisions in the last 90 days

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