Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 27 February 2024
14 decisions: 14 adopted. 81 ballots in all, 65 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:07 and 12:35.
Tightest result: Nature restoration — adopted 329 to 275.
New EU laws · 11
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Establishing the Ukraine Facility
Committee report by Michael Gahler, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 3 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 536 for · 40 against · 39 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 2:Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)
Committee report by José Manuel Fernandes, Christian Ehler · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 517 for · 59 against · 51 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained; The Left split.
Decision 3:Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings
Committee report by Tiemo Wölken · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 546 for · 47 against · 31 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Amendments to Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice
Committee report by Ilana Cicurel · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 600 for · 13 against · 12 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 5:Certain aspects of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities
Committee report by Jonás Fernández · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 485 for · 35 against · 104 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left; Verts/ALE and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 6:Shipments of waste
Committee report by Pernille Weiss · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 587 for · 8 against · 33 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 7:Nature restoration
Committee report by César Luena · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 18 ballots, incl. 2 amendments
Adopted by a small majority 329 for · 275 against · 24 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and Renew; opposed by PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 8:Detergents and surfactants
Committee report by Manuela Ripa · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 544 for · 6 against · 78 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; ECR and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 9:Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Committee report by Sandro Gozi · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by a large majority 470 for · 50 against · 105 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ESN; ECR and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 10:Protection of the environment through criminal law
Committee report by Antonius Manders · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 499 for · 100 against · 23 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; opposed by ECR and ESN.
Decision 11:Amending Decision (EU) 2017/1324: continuation of the Union’s participation in PRIMA under Horizon Europe
Committee report by Paolo Borchia · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 575 for · 29 against · 17 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 12:Multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
Committee report by Jan Olbrycht, Margarida Marques · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 499 for · 67 against · 31 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN.
Resolutions & reports · 2
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 13:Multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (resolution)
Committee report by Jan Olbrycht, Margarida Marques · 31 ballots, incl. 22 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 422 for · 101 against · 101 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 14:European Central Bank – annual report 2023
Committee report by Johan Van Overtveldt · 19 ballots, incl. 9 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 418 for · 157 against · 42 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN.
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).