Plenary sitting, Thursday, 29 February 2024
13 decisions: 13 adopted. 145 ballots in all, 89 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 12:04 and 12:29.
Tightest result: Critical situation in Cuba — adopted 285 to 172.
New EU laws · 3
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services
Committee report · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 493 for · 14 against · 33 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN split.
Decision 2:Improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market
Committee report · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 440 for · 32 against · 31 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE split.
Decision 3:European Digital Identity Framework
Committee report by Romana Jerković · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 27 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by a clear majority 335 for · 190 against · 31 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
International agreements & consent · 4
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 4:Conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles on access for Seychelles fishing vessels to the waters of Mayotte
Committee report · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by a large majority 364 for · 139 against · 25 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 5:Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union of the one part, and Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the other part
Committee report · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by a large majority 366 for · 86 against · 56 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and ESN; opposed by The Left and PfE; Verts/ALE mostly abstained.
Decision 6:EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
Committee report · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by a large majority 358 for · 147 against · 45 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 7:Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile
Committee report · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by a large majority 376 for · 114 against · 56 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left and PfE; Verts/ALE mostly abstained; ESN split.
Resolutions & reports · 6
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 8:EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (resolution)
Committee report by María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Samira Rafaela · 19 ballots, incl. 4 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 319 for · 113 against · 121 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, PfE and ESN; Verts/ALE and ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 9:The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia
Motion for a resolution · 16 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 506 for · 9 against · 32 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 10:The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia´s war of aggression against Ukraine
Motion for a resolution · 31 ballots, incl. 18 amendments
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 451 for · 46 against · 49 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; The Left and PfE mostly abstained.
Decision 11:Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement
Committee report by Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira · 18 ballots
Adopted by a clear majority 305 for · 157 against · 71 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 12:Implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Committee report · 5 ballots
Adopted by a large majority 397 for · 47 against · 89 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left and PfE; ECR and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 13:Critical situation in Cuba
Motion for a resolution · 23 ballots, incl. 4 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 285 for · 172 against · 46 abstainedBacked by Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE and S&D; PfE mostly abstained; ESN split.
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).