Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 6 February 2024
8 decisions: 8 adopted. 18 ballots in all, 11 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:56 and 13:03.
Tightest result: Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications — adopted 372 to 220.
New EU laws · 5
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications
Committee report by Petar Vitanov · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 11 ballots, incl. 5 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 372 for · 220 against · 43 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data
Committee report by Cornelia Ernst · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 630 for · 1 against · 6 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 3:Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Committee report by Anna Zalewska · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 628 for · 3 against · 6 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 4:Measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act)
Committee report by Ivars Ijabs · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 524 for · 18 against · 97 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; The Left and PfE mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 5:Amendments to the regulation on management, conservation and control measures applicable in the ICCAT Convention Area and the regulation on a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Committee report by Clara Aguilera · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 568 for · 44 against · 14 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE; ESN split.
Parliamentary immunity · 3
Requests from national authorities to lift an MEP’s immunity so legal proceedings can go ahead, or from an MEP to defend it.
Decision 6:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Eva Kaili
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 7:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Georgios Kyrtsos
Committee report
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recordedDecision 8:Request for the waiver of the immunity of Ioannis Lagos
Committee report
Adopted 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).