Plenary sitting, Tuesday, 12 March 2024
17 decisions: 15 adopted, 1 rejected, 1 without a single recorded result. 86 ballots in all, 33 by A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., between 13:07 and 13:42.
Tightest result: Extending Rule 168 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure until the end of the 10th parliamentary term — adopted 303 to 200.
New EU laws · 13
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Decision 1:Industrial Emissions Directive
Committee report by Radan Kanev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 11 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by a large majority 393 for · 173 against · 49 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 2:Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures
Committee report by Sophia in 't Veld · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 543 for · 45 against · 27 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by ESN.
Decision 3:Industrial Emissions Portal
Committee report by Radan Kanev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 506 for · 82 against · 25 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by PfE and ESN.
Decision 4:Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles
Committee report by Isabel García Muñoz · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 29 ballots, incl. 7 amendments
Adopted by a clear majority 330 for · 207 against · 74 abstainedBacked by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 5:Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010
Committee report by Tilly Metz · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 565 for · 14 against · 37 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; The Left mostly abstained; ESN split.
Decision 6:Energy performance of buildings (recast)
Committee report by Ciarán Cuffe · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots, incl. 1 amendment
Adopted by a clear majority 370 for · 199 against · 46 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 7:Amending certain financial services and investment support regulations as regards certain reporting requirements
Committee report by Othmar Karas · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 580 for · 2 against · 32 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 8:Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020
Committee report by Nicola Danti · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 2 ballots
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 517 for · 12 against · 78 abstainedBacked by Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; The Left, PfE and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 9:Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
Committee report by Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · 30 ballots, incl. 2 amendments
Adopted by a large majority 467 for · 65 against · 74 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.
Decision 10:European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Committee report by Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 570 for · 20 against · 14 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 11:Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products
Committee report by Maria Grapini · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 596 for · 7 against · 5 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Decision 12:Liability for defective products
Committee report by Vlad-Marius Botoş, Pascal Arimont · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 543 for · 6 against · 58 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; ECR and ESN mostly abstained.
Decision 13:Subscription by the Union to additional shares in the capital of the EBRD and amendment of the Agreement establishing the EBRD
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
Decision 14:Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No 190) of the International Labour Organization
Committee report by Cindy Franssen, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority 517 for · 59 against · 26 abstainedBacked by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and PfE; opposed by ECR; ESN mostly abstained.
Objections to Commission measures · 1
Parliament can object to technical rules the Commission adopts on its own. Against a delegated act an adopted objection is a veto; against most implementing measures (such as GMO authorisations) it is a call on the Commission to withdraw the measure, which is not legally binding.
Objection under Rule 111(3)
Decision 15:Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest
Motion for a resolution
Rejected by a large majority 131 for · 431 against · 35 abstainedBacked by The Left and Verts/ALE; opposed by S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
Resolutions & reports · 1
Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.
Decision 16:Extending Rule 168 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure until the end of the 10th parliamentary term
Motion for a resolution
Adopted by a clear majority 303 for · 200 against · 10 abstainedNo roll call, so how each group voted is not recorded.
Other decisions · 1
Elections, appointments and internal decisions of the Parliament.
Decision 17:Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions – 2025
Result not yet in Parliament’s record
New here? How plenary voting works
- A sitting
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- The ballots
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- Who voted how
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- Document & procedure
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- Group badges
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