Plenary sitting, Monday, 15 January 2024
8 decisions: 6 adopted, 2 rejected. 8 ballots in all, 7 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 17:40 and 17:56.
Tightest result: Monday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group — rejected 131 to 199.
Agenda requests · 8
Requests by political groups to add or change debates on the week’s agenda.
Decision 1:Monday’s agenda – Request by the PPE and Verts/ALE groups
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 322 for · 11 against · 7 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left split.
Decision 2:Monday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group
Rejected by a clear majority 131 for · 199 against · 8 abstainedBacked by PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 3:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group
Adopted by a clear majority 206 for · 125 against · 4 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR and PfE.
Decision 4:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE, S&D, Renew and Verts/ALE groups
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 327 for · 1 against · 9 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 5:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left and Renew groups
Adopted by a clear majority 200 for · 119 against · 8 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE and PfE; ECR split.
Decision 6:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group
Adopted by a clear majority 185 for · 105 against · 36 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE and PfE; ECR mostly abstained; The Left split.
Decision 7:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left groups
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 270 for · 37 against · 19 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 8:Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ID Group
Rejected by show of hands, no counts recorded
New here? How plenary voting works
- A sitting
- One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
- The ballots
- Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
- Who voted how
- Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
- Document & procedure
- Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
- Group badges
- How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).